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foamied (/fəʊmid/) adj. You have drunk enough to regard the nearest flat object as an inexpensive surfboard. foaminessed adj. Drunk to the point where the morning coffee’s surface seems to require a small, persistent head. Zeily woke foaminessed, studying the bubbles in her coffee as though they required a formal explanation. foaming agented adj. Drunk past the point of needing encouragement to turn every quiet exchange into froth. Justess woke foaming agented, and the smallest question set off another frothy explanation. foaminged adj. Drunk enough to produce a steady froth of complaints before breakfast has properly begun. Breiann arrived foaminged, making bubbles in the sink and objections to the kettle. foamited adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning covered in a convincing but temporary imitation of snow. Jameison woke foamited, with shaving foam distributed across the bathroom like cinema snow. fob watched adj. Drunk to a degree that makes checking the time from your lapel seem medically sensible. Tula arrived fob watched, consulting the watch pinned to her cardigan before asking what day it was. fobbed (/fɒbd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every pocket becomes a reassuringly private place for something misplaced. Quamae woke fobbed, checking the same waistcoat pocket for the room key until breakfast ended. fobbited adj. Drunk since last orders, and still stationed indoors with the curtains drawn against further engagement. Ripsi was fobbited by breakfast, defending the sofa from every proposed errand. foc's'le lamped adj. Drunk by the third round, and giving off the steady assurance of a lamp aboard a ship going nowhere. Catelaya became foc's'le lamped and guided the group towards the wrong harbour. foc's'led adj. Drunk since last orders, and stationed at the front of the group, where everyone else must keep watch. focaccia breaded adj. Drunk by the third round, and flattened into a herby, olive-oiled conviction by morning. Trela woke focaccia breaded, pressing her palm into the toast to test its softness. focacciaed (/fəˈkætʃəd/) adj. Slowed by drink to a soft, oily flatness, with herbs apparently involved in the recovery. focal adhesioned adj. Still drunk, and held to the breakfast table by several small, mutually reinforcing signals. Nashwa stayed focal adhesioned to the kitchen chair, receiving tea as though it were cellular instruction. focal depthed adj. Too drunk to distinguish the earth’s surface from the place beneath it where the morning has settled. Macye woke focal depthed, reporting that the bedroom floor had moved several metres underground. focal lengthed adj. Sufficiently drunk to require a measurable distance between the bed and the first useful thought. Latrica woke focal lengthed, placing the coffee at a carefully calculated distance from her head. focal planed adj. Softened by drink into accepting that only one level of the room is in sharp focus, and that level is the floor. Onkar was focal planed long before last orders, navigating entirely by what was directly beneath him.