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fluorescered adj. Drunk beyond the point where conversation can proceed without a brightening agent and repeated application. Tahj was fluorescered, whitening every dull anecdote until the whole table regretted asking. fluorescinned adj. Drunk in a way that removes all colour from the evening, leaving only the prospect of becoming lively again. Najea went fluorescinned after the night bus, pale and waiting for tomorrow's better recollection. fluorescyled adj. Drunk, with the result that every small exchange sends a single bright impulse in an unhelpful direction. fluorestradioled adj. A drinker who has become biologically active, brightly labelled, and ultimately requires a lift home. Aahir became fluorestradioled and described the taxi journey as a major medical advance. fluorhydroxyapatited adj. A drinker so far gone that his teeth acquire a mineral constitution, though he still cannot open the crisps. Lawan was fluorhydroxyapatited and spent ten minutes defending the structural integrity of his molars. fluoridationed adj. The condition of a drinker who has improved the public water supply, then privately contaminated the sofa. Quanye got fluoridationed and proposed adding minerals to everyone’s tap water. fluoridationisted adj. The drunkenness of one who supports fluoride in public water, especially after losing the argument about whose round it is. Connor was fluoridationisted, defending the water supply while refusing to fund another round. fluoridatored adj. Reduced by drink to the condition of adding something useful to the water, and nothing useful to the conversation. Betsy-mae was fluoridatored and attempted to dose the office kettle for everyone’s benefit. fluoride stared adj. Reduced by drink to a glassy, benevolent vacancy that no subsequent theory, however extraordinary, can meaningfully disturb. Vitaly sat fluoride stared as the man explained his views on the moon landing, nodding at intervals. fluorided (/ˈflʊəˌɹaɪdd/) adj. Softened by drink into a harmless salt, readily dissolved in the nearest glass of water. fluoridizationed adj. Loosened by drink into a civic improvement scheme involving the tap, the dog, and one remaining bottle. fluoridoned adj. Emboldened by drink to eradicate aquatic weeds, beginning with the parsley in one’s dinner. Marylen got fluoridoned and declared war on the garnish with a teaspoon. fluoridosised adj. Slowed by drink to a mottled, mineral patience, awaiting the conclusion of a very short anecdote. Angelique was fluoridosised and watched the same crisps circulate for half an hour. fluorimaginged adj. Drunk and illuminating the room with a fluorescent account of events nobody requested. Chrishna was fluorimaginged and made the emergency exit sign central to the evening. fluorimetered adj. Sharpened by drink into measuring every visible glow, while declining to explain the instrument. fluorimetried adj. Drunk enough to analyse the room by emitted light, then conclude that the crisps are blue.