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floating bogged adj. Describing a drinker who has spread across the seating and shifts ominously when approached. Eddieberto was floating bogged across the bench, quivering whenever someone asked him to move. floating bridged adj. A drinker who allows everyone to cross the room, provided nobody expects the structure to remain level. Eilish was floating bridged between two tables, supporting three coats and a declining conversation. floating car dataed adj. The state of being drunk and geographically informative, with every wandering step logged by the evening. Tellas became floating car dataed and mapped the pub's traffic flow from stool to doorway. floating cellular dataed adj. The condition of a drinker who broadcasts his whereabouts continuously, chiefly by changing seats. Od was floating cellular dataed, announcing each relocation before anyone asked where he had gone. floating docked adj. The drunkenness of one who can be safely submerged in a chair, but not trusted to leave it. Merica was floating docked, lowered carefully into the corner while the pub carried on around him. floating feelinged adj. Reduced by drink to a light-headed, gently revolving conviction that the carpet is water. Dill was floating feelinged, insisting the carpet moved gently while friends located a chair. floating golded adj. Softened by drink into something rare, amber, and best left undisturbed until morning. Cheni went floating golded and settled beneath the table like a valuable deposit. floating grounded adj. Sharpened by drink into a reference point that is electrically present but connected to nothing solid. floating hearted adj. Loosened by drink into broad leaves, soft edges, and a preference for remaining on the surface. floating islanded adj. Slowed by drink to a drifting mass of coats, crisps, and conversation, capable of carrying one passenger. Lecil became floating islanded, collecting jackets until the bench appeared to move of its own accord. floating kidneyed adj. Drunk and liable to wander internally, producing a persistent need for the lavatory without clear direction. floating lighted adj. Having drunk more than a warning buoy can endure, and now standing watch over the puddles. Emmy-mae spent the evening floating lighted, solemnly warning guests away from the flowerpot. floating marketed adj. You have drunk enough to conduct commerce from a chair, chiefly in crisps and loose change. Rishan became floating marketed and sold his last biscuit to the nearest armchair. floating point operationed adj. Of a drinker: performing one simple calculation at a time, none of which concerns the taxi. Sharynne was floating point operationed, counting coins individually while ignoring the fare. floating point processored adj. Describing a drinker who performs complicated arithmetic slowly, then forgets the answer beside the till. Kelei was floating point processored, calculating the tip while holding the receipt upside down. floating rated adj. A drinker who rises and falls with the room's prevailing mood, particularly when the crisps run out. Marthajane was floating rated, buoyant after a round and bearish when the peanuts disappeared.