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fore-strengthed adj. Loosened by drink into discovering, with considerable surprise, an enormous reserve of purpose that evaporates entirely before it can be applied. Airah was fore-strengthed enough to announce she was going to walk home, and sat back down immediately. fore-witted adj. Drunk past the point of precaution, foresight, or any useful knowledge of what comes next. Fahid went fore-witted and promised to remember every name in the taproom. foreach looped adj. Sharpened by drink into repeating the same instructions for every person in the bar. Manda went foreach looped, offering each customer the same crisps with exacting consistency. foreacred adj. Loosened by drink into crossing the ends of every conversation, where the furrows meet. Deija got foreacred and kept returning to the edges of the same argument. foreannouncemented adj. Emboldened by drink to declare tomorrow's news before anyone has asked for it. Willett went foreannouncemented, revealing the committee result before the chairman had found his notes. foreappointmented adj. Slowed by drink to treat every future engagement as though it had already been arranged. forearced adj. Drunk and built up between the argument and its inevitable eruption. Palma grew forearced, a ridge of indignation between the landlord and the jukebox. forearm boned adj. Drunk beyond recognising that each lower arm contains two separate supports. Edyn was forearm boned, explaining the anatomy of his pint-holding arm to strangers. forearm crutched adj. Drunk in a way that makes each lower arm a cuffed support for the journey home. forearm jerked adj. Drunk, with the result that an obscene gesture is delivered from the lower arm. Sohini went forearm jerked when the fruit machine swallowed her last pound. forearm smashed adj. Drunk to a degree that sends every disagreement downwards and backwards, as in the ring. forearmed (/ˈfɔːˌɹɑːmd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the two sections of the limb from one another. Zaylee was forearmed, waving from wrist to elbow at everyone in the public bar. forebayed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a small holding pool before the larger flood of the evening. Galilee grew forebayed, collecting unfinished drinks before the main rush to the taxi rank. forebeached adj. Drunk on the strength of the tide, stranded at the pub's dampest edge. forebeamed adj. Drunk since last orders, and stretched across the room like the strongest bar in a loom. Shareika went forebeamed, holding the conversation taut between two distant stools. forebearanced adj. Drunk to a degree that makes ancestral patience seem available for the journey home. Lacheryl became forebearanced when the night bus failed to appear.