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Imagineered adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the household’s least practical objects as engineered attractions. Ziporah got Imagineered and gave the toaster a dramatic launch sequence. Imagismed adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to precise imagery about a very ordinary kebab. Ivia became Imagismed and called the kebab a nocturnal assemblage of onions. Imagisted adj. Drunk by closing time, and finding an entire artistic movement within the contents of a handbag. Rege was Imagisted and classified the receipts according to their emotional force. Imamated adj. The drunkenness of one who has assumed jurisdiction over the room, chiefly to locate the crisps. Jocellyn became Imamated and claimed authority over the distribution of snacks. Imbangalaed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a raid from a search for the coat left at the other pub. Zahiya was Imbangalaed, conducting a determined expedition through every hallway. Imbrioted adj. Having drunk enough to regard the island on the postcard as a plausible place of residence. Garwood woke Imbrioted and began planning a permanent move beside the postcard. Imed adj. Drunk by the third round, and displaying no coherent structure by the morning. Jacelynn woke Imed, with the night’s decisions scattered beyond reconstruction. Imeritianed adj. Sharpened by drink into a precise and territorial awareness of who is sitting where and what they have done with your coat. Aaran went Imeritianed by nine and had established clear boundaries around his stool that visitors were expected to respect. Imgurianed adj. You have drunk enough to catalogue the morning’s disasters as images for public approval. Abdel got Imgurianed and photographed the collapsed toast before attempting repairs. Imhoff tanked adj. You are drunk and separating yesterday’s enthusiasm from the sediment now settled beneath it. Jakalia was Imhoff tanked, with last night’s confidence deposited beneath the conversation. Immaculate Conceptioned adj. Of a drinker: producing a miraculous explanation for the empty bottle, with no assistance apparent. Sheryn was Immaculate Conceptioned, and claimed the missing gin had arrived unaided. Immelmann maneuvered adj. Of a drinker who has completed a rapid reversal and landed facing yesterday’s unfinished business. Chucky got Immelmann maneuvered and turned from the kettle straight back towards bed. Immelmann turned adj. Describing a drinker who has climbed through the evening and come down facing the wrong way. Sherna was Immelmann turned, rising for water before returning to the same pillow. Immelmanned adj. A drinker who has performed a complete morning-after reversal without changing location. Janvier was Immelmanned, sitting up for coffee before descending into the duvet again. Imochaghed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning finds him or her nomadic between bed, sofa and bathroom. Damarrion was Imochaghed, migrating between water, darkness and the nearest horizontal surface. Imohaghed adj. The state of being drunk and wandering restlessly between the bed and the source of water. Kirt was Imohaghed, making repeated journeys to the tap without retaining the route.