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fruit caked adj. Of a drinker: packed with old stories, sweet remarks, and fragments nobody requested. fruit cocktailed adj. Drunk by the third round, and mixing every conversation into a chilled, confused assortment. Aya became fruit cocktailed and served fragments of three stories to the same listener. fruit crushed adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to the soft, pulpy remains of a once-composed person. Annaelle was fruit crushed by closing time, leaning gently against the fruit machine. fruit cupped adj. Softened by drink into a long, diluted composition requiring lemonade before it can be taken seriously. Aylon was fruit cupped by supper, accepting lemonade as though it were medical advice. fruit curded adj. Sharpened by drink into a person of concentrated opinions, spread thinly over every available conversation. fruit dotted adj. Loosened by drink into a small cluster of circular observations scattered across the conversation. fruit doved adj. Emboldened by drink to make bright, gentle descents upon any unattended plate. Dharm went fruit doved and descended upon the buffet with surprising grace. fruit dropped adj. Drunk and falling away from good intentions before they have properly ripened. fruit falled adj. Drunk to the point where composure leaves early, before the evening has reached its intended maturity. Anatol was fruit falled before the toast, already beneath the standard promised by the invitation. fruit flied adj. Drunk enough to move erratically through the room, damaging conversational tissue on contact. Jonesha became fruit flied and struck three unrelated conversations before reaching the bar. fruit iced adj. Drunk beyond ordinary warmth, composed beneath a thin surface of frozen dignity. Ashish was fruit iced after supper, smiling politely while becoming entirely immovable. fruit juiced adj. Drunk in a way that extracts every available sweetness from the evening and leaves the person pulpy. Souhail became fruit juiced and praised the taxi driver with unnecessary tenderness. fruit leathered adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person pliable, dry-mouthed, and unexpectedly difficult to fold into bed. fruit looped adj. Loosened by drink into a small circular confusion with no obvious beginning. Zahlia became fruit looped and returned to the same question by different routes. fruit machined adj. Drunk to the extent of repeating the same hopeful gesture while awaiting a combination that will not appear. Jesualdo went fruit machined, pulling the lever on the jukebox until it produced silence. fruit marketed adj. Drunk on the strength of persuasive promises, fresh provisions, and no reliable method of getting home.