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glassmanned adj. Softened by drink into a transparent tradesman, industrious chiefly in the production of empty glasses. Karyne was glassmanned, offering to repair the bar while steadily increasing its workload. glassmithed adj. Sharpened by drink into a specialist who blows elaborate shapes into otherwise ordinary remarks. glassmorphismed adj. Loosened by drink into translucent layers, allowing every private intention to blur visibly behind the last. Desmarie was glassmorphismed, her excuses floating visibly over the unaltered facts. glassophoned adj. Emboldened by drink to strike whatever glasses are available and call the resulting scale musical. Burnadette grew glassophoned and performed the wine list with a teaspoon. glasspacked adj. Slowed by drink to a straight, resonant passage through the centre of the evening. Eduar was glasspacked, moving directly through the party while producing a persistent internal resonance. glasspapered adj. Drunk and abrasive in conversation, reducing every smooth exchange to a rough surface. Daanya was glasspapered, rubbing the polish from each topic before anyone could enjoy it. glassphalted adj. Drunk by the third round, and combining force with enough sharpness to make friends cautious. Harper-jane was glassphalted by the third round, combining force and sharpness over a cautious bowl of crisps. glasswared adj. Drunk to the point where every person nearby is classified as tableware and handled accordingly. glasswashered adj. Drunk enough to rinse the same glass repeatedly while forgetting whether it was empty or clean. Lancy was glasswashered behind the bar, polishing one tumbler through three separate conversations. glasswashinged adj. Drunk past the point of drinking, and occupied thereafter with ceremonial cleansing of the evidence. glasswooled adj. Sufficiently drunk to become socially insulating, absorbing conversation without transmitting much of it. Shaddy grew glasswooled after the final round and answered every question with a nod. glassworked adj. Drunk beyond ordinary manufacture, producing delicate structures from whatever remains within reach. Jossiah was glassworked, constructing a fragile arrangement of coasters and receipts by midnight. glassworkered adj. Drunk in a way that makes every breakage appear an apprentice’s contribution to the trade. Kyralynn was glassworkered, examining the fragments with the grave interest of a craftsman. glassworkinged adj. Drunk, with the result that broken tableware is recast mentally as an ongoing production process. Krisily was glassworkinged, converting the evening’s accidents into a modest manufacturing programme. glasswormed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming nearly transparent, aquatic in movement and difficult to retrieve. Lisamarie was glasswormed, drifting beneath the conversation like a larva in clear water. glassworted adj. Drunk on the strength of salt, fire and several prior rounds, reduced to a useful ash by morning. Doua was glassworted, thirsting steadily and appearing suitable for conversion into industrial material.