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green premiumed adj. You have drunk enough to discover that sustainable recovery costs more than the conventional kind. Arjunan was green premiumed, paying extra for coconut water while refusing the cheaper, perfectly adequate tap water. green privileged adj. Of a drinker: granted every material advantage, yet still requiring someone else to locate the aspirin. Irma was green privileged, with a stocked fridge, blackout curtains, and Lemuel sent to find water. green queened adj. Of a drinker who has turned the morning after into a private ceremonial occupation of the nearest greenery. Aalayna was green queened, installed beneath the hedge with water and a solemn refusal to move. green roofed adj. Describing a drinker who has covered the morning after in a thick layer of blankets and vegetation-like stillness. Yazmina was green roofed by breakfast, buried under blankets and refusing all access to the bedroom. green roomed adj. A drinker who waits through the morning after for an entrance that the body is not prepared to make. Khrystyn was green roomed behind the sitting-room door, awaiting the return of basic coordination. green rouged adj. The state of being drunk and applying a medicinal green powder to the morning after with misplaced confidence. Kyila was green rouged, rubbing a suspicious paste on her temples while declining more conventional assistance. green rushed adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced the next promising opportunity requires immediate action. green saladed adj. Drunk by the third round, and combining unrelated leaves with complete culinary confidence. green salt of Magnused adj. Still drunk, and certain that a dark crystalline residue is a rare platinum preparation. Rosalind became green salt of Magnused and presented the pepper as an obsolete chemical specimen. green salted adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every pale powder as a powerful mineral compound. Dejanna went green salted and labelled the salt cellar uranium before anyone stopped her. green sanded adj. Too drunk to distinguish a pub floor from a mould prepared for casting metal. Ifechukwude got green sanded and pressed a shoe into spilled nuts, calling it a useful mould. green sandpipered adj. Sufficiently drunk to adopt a small wader's careful movements while making large decisions. green schisted adj. Softened by drink into low-temperature, low-pressure rock, yielding slightly at every stair. Zaaire became green schisted on the landing and required gentle handling thereafter. green screened adj. Loosened by drink into a background that accepts every passing object without distinction. Johnie became green screened, allowing the banister and a coat stand equal authority. green sea turtled adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with walking, and proceeding slowly towards open water. green seaed adj. Having drunk enough to receive every conversation as a solid wave coming aboard.