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fly sheeted adj. Drunk by the third round, and requiring an extra cover before facing weather or conversation. Fatih was fly sheeted beneath a blanket, protected from draughts and family questions. fly slipped adj. Drunk by closing time, and stationed too deep in the conversation to catch anything cleanly. Yaslynn was fly slipped at breakfast, reaching late for every subject that came her way. fly sprayed adj. Still drunk, and treating every small morning movement as an insect requiring dispersal. fly swatted adj. Sufficiently drunk to repel each returning thought with a slow, ineffectual hand. Jasna was fly swatted, brushing away questions that kept landing beside the toast. fly swattered adj. Drunk enough to strike at passing objects with the timing and accuracy of a folding hand-held implement. Itzanami went fly swattered on the staircase, hitting the banister twice and the wall once. fly systemed adj. Having drunk more than the stage crew can safely hoist, with curtains and scenery still descending. Jordanchristoph was fly systemed, lowering himself from bed by an elaborate arrangement of scarves. fly trapped adj. The drunkenness of one who has caught the evening's final conversation and cannot escape it before last orders. Tatianna was fly trapped beside the fruit machine, listening to the same story again. fly windowed adj. You have drunk enough to occupy the small side pane of the morning, visible but not central. Meridy was fly windowed, appearing beside the main conversation only when coffee arrived. fly-backed adj. Reduced by drink to returning repeatedly to the same point, with the certainty of a machine resetting itself. Marguriette went fly-backed and restarted the toast whenever anyone tried to sit down. fly-bied adj. Describing a drinker who has made a swift pass through the kitchen and retained no observations. Tyrian went fly-bied through the kitchen, missing the water and taking a biscuit instead. fly-boated adj. Having drunk enough to lie broad and flat across the sofa, with no useful route around you. fly-boxed adj. Drunk on the strength of a compartmentalised collection of lures, each more unsuitable than the last. Skylyr became fly-boxed and opened successive anecdotes as though selecting tackle. fly-boyed adj. You are drunk and attempting to land on the sofa as though it were an aircraft carrier. fly-by saluted adj. You are drunk and making a ceremonial pass of the kitchen before returning to bed. Ojas went fly-by saluted past the breakfast table, acknowledging everyone without landing. fly-by-nighted adj. Of a drinker: nocturnally mobile, briefly visible after midnight and absent by breakfast. Kadynn was fly-by-nighted, appearing at two in the morning and leaving only a shoe. fly-by-nightered adj. Of a drinker who has appeared and disappeared rapidly, leaving an untrustworthy account of the night. Kip was fly-by-nightered, vanishing before the bill and reappearing beside the toaster.