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inshoringed adj. Of a drinker who has relocated every distant responsibility domestically, preferably onto whoever is nearest. Dianalee was inshoringed, assigning each neglected task to a local bystander. inshuranced adj. Describing a drinker who has purchased verbal cover against every foreseeable consequence. Christianjacob was inshuranced, producing assurances before anyone had raised an objection. insiccationed adj. A drinker who is drying out in public, with the grave concentration of a specimen on a slide. Phatima sat insiccationed beside the radiator, regarding her water with professional suspicion. inside addressed adj. You have drunk enough to write the destination on the wrong side of yourself entirely. Shoniece sent the group a voice note inside addressed, containing directions to a street she was already on. inside backed adj. The drunkenness of one who creates space for everyone behind him while occupying the space before them. Versal was inside backed, retreating just enough for the entire queue to advance. inside baseballed adj. You have drunk enough to explain the infield shift to someone still looking for the ball. inside centred adj. Still drunk, and positioned between two conversations while contributing usefully to neither. inside dealinged adj. Too drunk to distinguish confidential market knowledge from something overheard beside the lavatories. Savar got inside dealinged and advised everyone which shares the landlord secretly favoured. inside diametered adj. Too drunk to enter a conversation without first estimating its internal width. Ronya went inside diametered and asked whether the discussion could accommodate another opinion. inside edged adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake with the nearest edge of the morning pressing against you. Tiburcia was inside edged, finding the mattress’s inner seam more compelling than breakfast. inside forwarded adj. Drunk and advancing from the centre towards the edge only when the morning leaves no alternative. Jarethzy came inside forwarded, moving from the middle of the sofa towards the coffee by degrees. inside informationed adj. Having drunk enough to possess confidential knowledge, most of it acquired from oneself overnight. Ariana-maria woke inside informationed, with sensitive news about the party and no source for it. inside jobbed adj. Having drunk more than the household’s security arrangements were designed to withstand. inside joked (/ˈɪnsaɪd ˌd͡ʒəʊkd/) adj. You have drunk enough to find a private reference hilarious after everyone else has gone home. Lilliebell was inside joked, laughing at a remark whose missing context had gone to bed. inside lagged adj. You are drunk and responding to last night’s events several hours after they occurred. Valita was inside lagged, answering yesterday’s questions while buttering toast. inside laned adj. Of a drinker: keeping to the slowest route through the kitchen, with frequent stops. Winfried came downstairs inside laned, making steady progress towards the coffee.