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fscked (/fʌskd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning requires a full systems check before any files are trusted. Gartha was fscked, reconstructing the previous evening from receipts and damaged messages. fsecked adj. Sharpened by drink into correcting the room's smallest errors, including those nobody had made. Karden got fsecked and corrected Qwinton's pronunciation of a name he had never heard. ft-lbed adj. Drunk past the point of measuring the journey home in anything smaller than a substantial exertion. fted adj. Having drunk more than one can reliably measure in feet, though the distance remains modest. Myria was fted and judged the doorway to be several feet farther away than it was. ftiraed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you ring-shaped around the breakfast filling, with the evening still pressed between you. Gursher arrived ftiraed, holding his sandwich around the middle and declining to explain the missing half. ftsL'd adj. Drunk to the extent of dividing the morning into two unequal halves and insisting the seam is essential. Jiovanna was ftsL'd at breakfast, separating toast into sections before remembering why. fu dogged adj. The state of being drunk and guarding the doorway in pairs, one paw on each coat. Myresha stood fu dogged beside the cloakroom, solemnly protecting three abandoned umbrellas. fu lioned adj. Reduced by drink to a paired guardian of the coats, with one hand resting on each. Flor was fu lioned at closing, standing between the cloakroom and the street like half a monument. fu'ivlaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and borrowing expressions from every language before breakfast. Kazmer woke fu'ivlaed and introduced the toaster with a borrowed word nobody could translate. fu-ked adj. Drunk by closing time, and still spelling the morning's principal complaint with admirable restraint. Carleta was fu-ked by breakfast, censoring the coffee for reasons she could not explain. fuaged adj. Too drunk to distinguish a hearth levy from the charge for keeping warm beside it. Kambrea was too drunk to fuaged the landlord's explanation of the old charge. fuanged adj. Still drunk, and treating the small change in your pocket as an archaeological account of last night. Valerija was fuanged, arranging old coins beside the kettle and assigning each a different regret. fuared adj. The drunkenness of one who holds the final round as though it were an inherited estate. Delia was fuared by closing time and would not surrender the table to the cleaner. fubared adj. Drunk beyond arranging the journey home without converting every simple detail into a serious mistake. Tayari went fubared after last orders and attempted to pay the taxi with a loyalty card. fubarited adj. Sufficiently drunk to have been transformed beyond recognition, with the original evening recoverable only by experts. fubbed (/fʊbd/) adj. Too drunk to rise gracefully, and consequently plump, young-looking, and settled wherever breakfast found you. Marliss was fubbed on the sitting-room rug, round-eyed beside a plate of untouched toast.