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flotsamed (/ˈflɒtsəmd/) adj. Of a drinker: loose from the evening's main structure and liable to wash up anywhere. flotsonned adj. Of a drinker who has become dated debris, drifting through the room on yesterday's momentum. Lyndi was flotsonned on the landing, repeating an anecdote that had already expired. flouded adj. Drunk to a degree that speech and balance spill beyond their ordinary channels. Aldred was flouded, sending his words over the edge of every sentence. flounce posted adj. A drinker so far gone that departure requires a melodramatic announcement before any movement occurs. Nasia became flounce posted and announced her resignation from the stairs before sitting down. flounced (/flaʊnsd/) adj. A drinker who moves in decorative waves, gathering momentum and losing direction at each turn. Bushrah came flounced through the doorway, her route broader than the corridor allowed. flouncered adj. The state of being drunk and making every wobble appear like a deliberate departure. Azaleia was flouncered, leaving the table with a gesture more substantial than her progress. flouncinessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired ornamental movement without retaining dependable balance. Ruzanna was flouncinessed, turning a stumble beside the stairs into an elaborate presentation. flouncinged adj. The drunkenness of one who travels in pleats, ripples and uncertain changes of direction. Sheilla was flouncinged by the staircase, each step producing another unnecessary flourish. floundered (/ˈflaʊndɚd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a flat, brown shape with no reliable sense of which way is up. Onezia became floundered beside the bottom step, making horizontal progress seem sufficient. flounderered adj. Softened by drink into a clumsy person who attempts every direction and completes none. Kinshasa went flounderered on the stairs, advancing by brief and contradictory decisions. flounderinged adj. Sharpened by drink into a clumsy struggle, especially where a staircase demands a plan. flounderlinged adj. Still drunk, and moving uncertainly through the last round like a small fish on a wet pavement. flour beetled adj. Sufficiently drunk to burrow into the snack bowl and remain there through last orders. Adalay became flour beetled beside the crisps, emerging only when coats were collected. flour corned adj. Having drunk enough to become soft at the edges while insisting on a thin, hard outer certainty. Tyelar was flour corned, certain the taxi rank was a bakery queue. flour golded adj. Having drunk more than the evening can profitably recover, but still searching the floor for valuable crumbs. Ishanae went flour golded through the taxi queue, inspecting every pavement crack. flour milled adj. Sharpened by drink into a steady rotation between the bar, the coat stand and the door.