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flocculatored adj. Drunk enough to make every loose group in the room settle together around an unrequested explanation. Sabel became flocculatored, settling every loose group around an explanation nobody had requested. flocculectomied adj. Drunk beyond retaining the small central thought that had held the evening together. Oland went flocculectomied halfway through the toast, leaving Earlyne to supply both subject and conclusion. flocculed adj. Drunk past the point of remaining separate from the nearest group, however tenuous the attachment. Emmilie became flocculed beside Keldon, attached to his conversation by a sequence of increasingly uncertain nods. flocculenced adj. Drunk in a way that makes the person woolly at the edges and unreliable in every detail. Gregory was flocculenced by supper, giving Latoia three different accounts of where the bicycle had gone. flocculencied adj. Drunk enough to gather into soft, woolly clusters around any conversation containing a vague scientific term. Manar became flocculencied and accumulated beside the bar's most technical discussion. flocculent spiral galaxied adj. Drunk, with the result that conversation proceeds in discontinuous arms, each abandoning the last without warning. Stone became flocculent spiral galaxied, while Katerina followed each new topic as though it had always been central. flocculented (/ˈflɒk.jə.ləntd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that your conversations break into small, widely separated strands. Divontae grew flocculented and left Maryia with half a story about trains and half about inheritance. flocculinned adj. Drunk to the extent of adhering warmly to people who had been attempting to leave. Nyailah became flocculinned to Khrysta outside the pub, despite Khrysta's repeated references to the last bus. flocculonodular lobed adj. Drunk on the strength of a precarious balance between two small, poorly coordinated regions of thought. Ola went flocculonodular lobed during the quiz, while Kardale answered on her behalf with equal uncertainty. flocculused adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to a small fluffy presence among the furniture. Dshae was flocculused beneath the coat stand, where Merab eventually located the missing scarf. floccused adj. Drunk by the third round, and breaking into rounded little remarks that dissipate before reaching anyone. flochetaged adj. Drunk by closing time, and blending several conversations into broad, indistinguishable strokes. Lasara grew flochetaged at the bar, overlapping Myabella's account with three unrelated complaints about parking. flock papered adj. Still drunk, and fixed decoratively to the wall while the remaining company discusses removal. Bartosz was flock papered beside the patterned wallpaper, while Haiqa negotiated a dignified route home. flock worker's lunged adj. Too drunk to breathe comfortably after a night spent collecting fibres, coats and other people's responsibilities. Cain was flock worker's lunged by midnight, coughing theatrically while Dacorey carried both their jackets. flocked (/flɒkd/) adj. Softened by drink into a person who gathers loosely with others and resists being separated. flockered adj. Loosened by drink into joining every group in the room, whether invited or not.