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flexused adj. The drunkenness of one who follows a scalloped route along the bar, rising and dipping between stools. Ilce was flexused, moving along the counter in a series of low, decorative curves. flexwinged adj. Reduced by drink to a fabric-winged craft, gliding from the bar with little structural assistance. fleyshiked adj. Too drunk to accept that supper can end without a substantial portion of meat. Elijah-james was fleyshiked and searched the kitchen cupboards for leftover ham. flezelastined adj. Softened by drink into a flexible shell, accommodating every chair, cushion and convenient shoulder. Ahniya became flezelastined and settled into the booth as though poured there. flibanserinned adj. Sharpened by drink into an unrequested confidence about romance, timing and the barmaid's intentions. Aviyah got flibanserinned and proposed to the jukebox after being refused by the barman. flibbergibed (/ˈflɪbə(ɹ)d͡ʒɪbd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a sycophant, praising the landlord's waistcoat as though it had granted the licence. Leoul became flibbergibed and complimented the landlord's till for its excellent judgement. flibbertigibbeted (/ˌflɪbətiˈdʒɪbɪtd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to dart between conversations, contributing brightly before anyone has finished speaking. Trayce got flibbertigibbeted and visited four tables to offer opinions on their crisps. flibberty-gibbeted adj. Sufficiently drunk to become skittish, offbeat, and chiefly concerned with finding one's handbag. Tkai became flibberty-gibbeted and pursued a decorative pigeon through the foyer. flibbetsed adj. Having drunk enough to come apart into small, unserviceable fragments at the mention of another round. Maung grew flibbetsed and shed the contents of his pockets across the carpet. flibustiered adj. Having drunk more than a respectable buccaneer would, and now boarding the biscuit tin. Landa became flibustiered and attempted to seize the last sausage roll. flic-flacked adj. You are drunk and brushing one foot about as though a ballet career were being quietly resumed. flicflacked adj. Of a drinker: making small connecting movements with the feet, chiefly between chair and carpet. Samyuktha grew flicflacked and crossed the room by a series of delicate foot-brushes. flick booked adj. Of a drinker who has rendered the evening as a rapid sequence of repeated domestic scenes. Tinaya was flick booked, turning the evening into repeated scenes of opening cupboards. flick knifed adj. Describing a drinker who folds into silence, then springs out with an unnecessary remark. Spartan grew flick knifed and produced a sharp opinion from behind his pint. flick-knifed adj. A drinker who closes down socially, then opens with the briskness of a kitchen utensil. Frankie-jane became flick-knifed and unfolded an opinion about the gravy. flick-onned adj. A drinker so far gone that a quick headed touch is the only remaining form of passing.