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intentivenessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and listening closely to a conversation taking place elsewhere. Quatrell was intentivenessed, following the neighbouring table’s discussion of curtains. intentnessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and concentrating on a single unremarkable object. Amenia was intentnessed, regarding the salt cellar with sustained concern. inteqaled adj. Drunk by closing time, and transferring responsibility for getting home to whoever remains upright. Platt was inteqaled, handing responsibility for the route to Antolina without discussion. inter-beinged adj. Too drunk to distinguish self from circumstance, treating the entire room as mutually dependent phenomena. Revan became inter-beinged and apologised to the table for leaning on it. inter-process communicationed adj. Having drunk more than two threads can exchange without occasional loss of data. Frutoso was inter-process communicationed and passed the same news between three tables. interabanged adj. Of a drinker: punctuating every question about going home with equal excitement and disbelief. Haynes got interabanged and asked whether the taxi was serious, then whether the night was. interabsorptioned adj. Sharpened by drink into absorbing every nearby movement, usually while missing your own footing. interaccusationed adj. Loosened by drink into accusing yourself and everyone else in alternating, poorly timed turns. Mekkah was interaccusationed, blaming the stairs before blaming the shoes. interactabilitied adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every handrail, doorway and chair becomes a negotiation. Lovesta was interactabilitied, requiring both hands and the banister to reach the landing. interactabled adj. Drunk and responding to furniture as though it had invited the conversation. Judyann was interactabled, nodding solemnly to the coat stand before sitting down. interactanced adj. Drunk to the point where your body’s fat content is being estimated by the furniture you lean against. Lautaro became interactanced against the pub wall, swaying through the measurement. interactanted adj. Drunk enough to interact with every obstacle before attempting to pass it. Emilianna was interactanted, greeting each bollard with a careful shoulder. interacted (/ˌɪn.tɚˈæktd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to treat each pause in conversation as your opportunity to fall into it. Brittain got interacted and filled every theatrical pause with a fresh account of the stairs. interacteed adj. Drunk past the point of choosing what to lean on, and consequently subject to the room. interaction designed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every doorway seem to have a carefully specified response. Travarus became interaction designed, testing the door repeatedly before entering. interaction matrixed adj. Drunk, with the result that every object in the room is mapped to every other by contact. Nasri was interaction matrixed, linking the chair, table and floor in one slow descent.