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front roomed adj. The condition of a drinker who has converted the front sitting room into quarters for entertaining the sofa. front rowed adj. Reduced by drink to the first seat available, with the kitchen treated as the main performance. Jynia was front rowed beside the sofa, watching Lorece prepare water like a stage act. front runnered adj. Softened by drink into the likely winner of the household's race for the sofa. front runninged adj. Emboldened by drink to place a personal order for water before anybody else reaches the kitchen. Cadisha front runninged towards the tap and secured the only clean glass. front seated adj. Drunk to the point where the sofa is treated as the front seat and the kitchen as the road. Miray was front seated, asking Carvel to slow down whenever he crossed the sitting room. front slashed adj. Describing a drinker who mistakes punctuation for directions and seeks the lavatory by symbol. Coulter went front slashed and followed every diagonal mark towards the cellar. front squatted adj. Of a drinker who has taken the evening's weight squarely before him and is now struggling to rise. Avishi spent the last round front squatted over the bar, guarding his pint carefully. front teethed adj. Describing a drinker who smiles chiefly with the incisors, particularly when another round is proposed. Evonna was front teethed at the bar, accepting another lager with visible enthusiasm. front vowelled adj. A drinker who places every word at the very front of the mouth, making the order sound unusually precise. front walled adj. A drinker so far gone that every rebounding remark must first strike an invisible wall before returning. Ertie went front walled and bounced every question back towards the barmaid. front wheelled adj. The state of being drunk and carrying the evening forward chiefly with the front half of the body. Kwanze came front wheelled through the snug, pulling the rest of the evening behind him. front winged adj. The condition of a drinker who deflects every disturbance before it reaches the rest of the evening. Lorry stayed front winged, turning each awkward question towards the nearest empty stool. front yarded adj. The drunkenness of one who has taken the pavement outside as private grounds requiring inspection. Elenid was front yarded, examining the pub frontage as though tending an estate. front-benchered adj. Drunk to a degree that places one visibly in charge, though only of the queue for chips. Deshanna grew front-benchered and began allocating ministerial portfolios at the taxi rank. front-end loadered adj. Softened by drink into a slow-moving machine, scooping up whatever the evening has left nearby. Lavola became front-end loadered and collected three abandoned pints by mistake. front-end processored (/ˈfrʌntˌɛndˌprəʊsɛsəd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a modest control system that passes every outside request to the wrong department. Yang was front-end processored, sending the crisps to Maebree and the bill to himself.