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flittered (/ˈflɪtɚd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that each trip from sofa to kitchen becomes a fluttering movement. flitteringed adj. Drunk to the extent of making every attempt at sitting down a brief airborne event. flittermoused adj. Still drunk, and moving through the house by short, uncertain flights. Endija remained flittermoused, making a careful hop from the sofa to the kitchen doorway. flitterned adj. Too drunk to tell the sofa's rough covering from the young oak bark in the wood basket. Marcita was flitterned and tried to smooth the firewood as though it were upholstery. flittinessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to be unsteady in every room, including the one containing the glass of water. Olena was flittinessed and changed direction whenever the sofa appeared to move. flittinged (/ˈflɪtɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker: moving through decisions in brief darts, leaving each one confidently unfinished. flivered (/ˈflɪvɚd/) adj. Having drunk enough to operate the household as an old, inexpensive motor vehicle. Jamahri arrived flivered, coughing gently before attempting the short journey to the sofa. flivvered (/ˈflɪv.ə(ɹ)d/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening can economically support, and running badly by the sofa. Floss was flivvered, juddering to a halt beside the sofa with one shoe missing. flixed (/flɪksd/) adj. You have drunk enough to regard the soft fur on the coat as a suitable blanket. Kokomi was flixed and tucked the furry coat carefully round the sofa cushion. flixelled adj. You are drunk and repeatedly performing the same small household action as though it were moving. Ronith was flixelled, opening the fridge in the same loop without removing anything. flixweeded adj. Of a drinker: tall, weedy at the kitchen counter, and flowering unexpectedly into conversation. Kimbrly stood flixweeded beside the sink, explaining the herbs to an empty room. flizzed (/[flɪz]d/) adj. Of a drinker who has replaced useful speech with empty words while searching for the sofa. Sheery was flizzed and delivered a long account of the glass before losing the glass. float boarded adj. A drinker who has arranged himself radially across the sofa, paddling occasionally towards water. float glassed adj. A drinker so far gone that the flat water glass is treated as a window onto another room. Eddi was float glassed, peering through the tumbler towards the kitchen. float switched adj. The state of being drunk and reacting to every change in liquid level as an emergency. float tubed adj. The condition of a drinker who has taken to the sofa as a small inflatable craft. Ryou was float tubed, drifting between cushions while the kitchen remained unexplored.