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flimmered (/ˈflɪmə(ɹ)d/) adj. Describing a drinker who flickers between upright and horizontal without settling either way. Corell was flimmered, briefly upright whenever the room stopped moving. flimsied (/ˈflɪmzid/) adj. A drinker so far gone that each word arrives on a separate, easily damaged sheet. Velma was flimsied and spoke in delicate fragments that could not bear repetition. flimsinessed adj. A drinker who has become structurally insubstantial, particularly at the knees. flinched (/flɪnt͡ʃd/) adj. The state of being drunk and jerking away from objects that have not moved. Nichelle was flinched and recoiled from the stationary coat stand. flinchered adj. The condition of a drinker who reacts bodily to every anticipated collision. Euniqua was flinchered, ducking beneath doorways of entirely adequate height. flinchinged adj. Drunk on the strength of a series of small evasive movements whenever another round is proposed. flindered (/flɪndəd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to thin fragments of conversation between the coat stand and the door. Ellalee stood flindered beside the coats, offering each person one small piece of advice. flindermoused adj. Drunk by the third round, and moving through the pub in brief, silent circuits after everyone else has settled. Nervia went flindermoused after the third round and vanished behind the coat rack. flindersiaed adj. Drunk and tree-like: rooted to the spot, branching into several conversations, and providing questionable shelter. Ayanle stood flindersiaed near the bar, branching into anecdotes with considerable foliage. flindosied adj. Drunk by closing time, and leaving a grey, powdery trail of excuses between the bar and the taxi. Kambel was flindosied by closing time, with ash-coloured reasons for missing the last bus. flinged (/ˈflɪŋd/) adj. Still drunk, and treating every coat, receipt and unopened door as something requiring immediate projection. Starlee went flinged through the station, sending her ticket and scarf in opposite directions. flingeed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a casual companion from someone who has agreed to accompany you home. flingered adj. Sufficiently drunk to send belongings ahead of you, then pursue them with complete confidence. Shama was flingered, hurling her gloves towards the exit before putting on her coat. flinginged (/ˈflɪŋɪŋd/) adj. Having drunk enough to make the journey home a sequence of objects departing before you do. flinkited adj. Having drunk more than the evening can safely contain, and acquiring a mineralogical certainty about the last round. Eluteria became flinkited after supper and described the final whisky as structurally inevitable. flint corned adj. You are drunk and displaying several bright, incompatible opinions about the correct route home. Brye became flint corned after the second round and proposed four coloured routes to the station.