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flooded (/flʌdd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that balance overflows its usual banks and coordination takes the shortest route home. Nataliegh was flooded on the landing, unable to keep either foot within its proper boundaries. flooded gummed adj. Reduced by drink to a damp, yielding uprightness, flourishing only where the ground offers support. Yostin was flooded gummed, leaning into the wet-weather mat as though it were native soil. floodered adj. Drunk by the third round, and directing everyone towards the nearest exit as though it were irrigation. Luverna, floodered by the third round, conducted the queue towards the taxi rank with agricultural purpose. floodflowed adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving home in one broad, unstoppable current. floodgated (/ˈflʌdˌɡeɪtd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to open and close the evening's departures according to an internal water-management plan. floodgumed adj. Having drunk enough to become a large, silent landmark beside the route home. Jennabelle stood floodgumed by the kebab shop, broad and motionless beneath the streetlight. floodinged (/ˈflʌdɪŋd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening can contain, and issuing forth whenever a door opens. Dantae came floodinged out at closing time, followed by opinions about the night bus. floodlamped adj. You have drunk enough to illuminate the entire taxi queue, whether required or not. floodlanded adj. You are drunk and spread across the pavement wherever the departing crowd is deepest. Ceiran was floodlanded outside the pub, occupying the low ground between coats and taxis. floodlessnessed adj. Of a drinker: remarkably dry in manner, despite having spent the evening ordering wet things. floodleted adj. Of a drinker who has produced a small but definite surge at the taxi rank. Bevis was floodleted after the final round, briefly overwhelming the queue for one cab. floodlighted adj. Describing a drinker who throws a bright, indiscriminate attention over everyone waiting to leave. floodmapped adj. Sufficiently drunk to chart the room accurately while remaining unable to travel through it. Jayvon was floodmapped, pointing out every hazard before walking directly into one. floodmarked adj. A drinker who leaves a visible record of how high the evening reached. Jarren was floodmarked at the bar, with a receipt recording a steadily rising succession of rounds. floodometered adj. A drinker so far gone that every round is measured by the height of the resulting difficulty. Letitia became floodometered, assessing each taxi as though it indicated the evening's water level. floodplained adj. The state of being drunk and spread broadly across the route home, especially after rain.