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fortune tellered adj. Drunk and predicting the future for money, although the fee is usually a packet of crisps. Kenzie-jay went fortune tellered and forecast rain, followed by an urgent need for chips. fortune tellinged adj. Drunk past the point of prediction and into charging the room for observations about tomorrow's breakfast. Derin became fortune tellinged and read the tea leaves as a warning about toast. fortune-huntered adj. Sharpened by drink into pursuing riches adventurously, though the treasure proves to be a refund. Sharl became fortune-huntered and searched the pub for an unclaimed fiver. fortune-seekered adj. Slowed by drink to a patient search for destiny, starting with the coins beneath the bar stool. Arvina became fortune-seekered and examined the floor for wealth at walking pace. fortune-tellered (/ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn ˈtɛləd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every guess about tomorrow is delivered with professional conviction. Ashlin became fortune-tellered and predicted that Prestin would regret the final whisky. fortune-tellinged adj. Of a drinker: charging acquaintances for predictions about their romantic prospects, whether requested or not. Jahmil was fortune-tellinged and charged the table for news of an entirely imaginary marriage. fortuned (/ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːnd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who believes destiny has selected the nearest kebab shop. Ivyana grew fortuned and announced that the final sausage roll was hers by destiny. fortunetellered adj. Drunk enough to predict personal futures, provided they concern the immediate whereabouts of the taxi. Hughy went fortunetellered and foresaw a taxi arriving whenever someone stopped looking for it. fortunetellinged adj. Of a drinker who has turned every conversation into a paid prediction of what will happen next. fortuningsed adj. Describing a drinker who attributes every fortunate accident to destiny, and makes the company hear about it. forty minutes of helled adj. A drinker so far gone that the whole room is subjected to relentless pressure and no change of direction. forty weepy weepied adj. The state of being drunk and resuming an old conversation with exact, sorrowful continuity. Afolabi was forty weepy weepied, reopening a message from Tuesday and grieving its conclusion. forty winksed adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating a brief unconsciousness as a respectable continuation of the evening. Nakaria was forty winksed before the pudding, having mistaken the banquette for a temporary bed. forty-eighted adj. Drunk by the third round, and taking two days’ leave from ordinary judgement. Boran became forty-eighted before supper and announced a private holiday from arithmetic. forty-eightered adj. Too drunk to accept the established order, particularly when it concerns whose turn it is to buy. Tanautica became forty-eightered and called for a general uprising against unpaid rounds. forty-eighthed adj. You have drunk enough to refuse surrender of any portion of the evening, including the portions nobody else wanted. Chande was forty-eighthed by nine and could not be persuaded to leave before she had finished every last drink on the table.