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flipfloppered adj. A drinker so far gone that each morning-after account reverses itself before the tea is poured. Jemila was flipfloppered, giving three incompatible accounts of who had ordered the taxi. flipismed adj. Sharpened by drink into leaving every morning-after decision to chance, including whether the kettle is safe. Johnniemae was flipismed and tossed a coin to decide between toast and returning to bed. flipnessed adj. Loosened by drink into treating the morning's consequences with an unhelpful lightness. Jaggar was flipnessed, calling the vanished wallet a temporary philosophical arrangement. fliponned adj. Emboldened by drink to fold the morning's recollections into a shape no sober account would recognise. Suki woke fliponned, insisting that the taxi journey had acquired an additional dimension. flipouted adj. Drunk and turning the discovery of last night's messages into a delayed morning disturbance. flipovered adj. Drunk to the point where the morning keeps changing pages before the previous event has loaded. Galdino was flipovered, moving from bed to kettle to regret in neat visual transitions. flippanced adj. Drunk enough to discuss the missing shoe with a levity unsuited to the seriousness of its whereabouts. Traison was flippanced, treating the absent shoe as a minor detail in an otherwise serious breakfast. flippancied (/ˈflɪ.pən.sid/) adj. Drunk past the point of respecting the grave evidence assembled on the kitchen table. Asasha was flippancied, laughing at the receipts that established an otherwise solemn chronology. flippantnessed adj. Drunk beyond taking the morning's evidence seriously, particularly the receipt pinned to the coat. Cedrie was flippantnessed, describing the coat receipt as an imaginative reconstruction. flippased adj. Drunk in a way that moves the evening's residue from one side of the morning to the other. Makelah was flippased, transferring blame between the pub, the taxi, and the kitchen without pause. flipped (/flɪpd/) adj. You are drunk and rotating end over end in principle, if not yet in practice. Estellene got flipped attempting to sit down with ordinary dignity. flipped classroomed adj. Drunk, with the result that the lecture occurred in bed and the practical work began at breakfast. Carson was flipped classroomed, reviewing last night's mistakes privately before attempting the practical tea. flipped learninged adj. Drunk to a degree that new material was absorbed at home while every practical task awaited guided assistance. flipped masteried adj. Drunk to the extent of revisiting last night's lesson privately and claiming competence only after repeated attempts. flipperdingered adj. Drunk since last orders, and still attempting to keep a small object aloft through breath alone. Lera was flipperdingered, repeatedly levitating a crumb while waiting for the coffee to work. flippered (/ˈflɪpəd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a broad, flat breakfast of water and toast, moving through the morning with limited propulsion. Keslee was flippered, advancing towards the kettle with the slow dignity of something built for water.