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intraspecific competitioned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes fellow passengers rivals for the same seat, coat and remaining crisps. Isaabella grew intraspecific competitioned and defended the last taxi seat from her companions. intraspecificitied adj. Drunk to the extent of recognising every fellow reveller as belonging unmistakably to the same late-night category. intrastated adj. Drunk on the strength of a single internal highway, and unwilling to contemplate crossing any boundary. Jhayce got intrastated and insisted the route home remain entirely within the county. intrasubjectivitied adj. Drunk since last orders, and privately certain that the journey home is proceeding exactly as intended. Sophira became intrasubjectivitied and treated the wrong bus as a personal decision. intrataed adj. Drunk by the third round, and using every announcement of departure as an overture to another one. Abilene grew intrataed and introduced the taxi ride with a full account of the evening. intraterrestrialed adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving beneath the surface of the evening in search of somewhere darker. intratextualitied adj. Still drunk, and finding the night's meaning only by referring each remark back to another remark. Gunnar was intratextualitied, explaining the taxi receipt through an earlier joke about buses. intrathecaled adj. Too drunk to leave without imagining the final drink has been delivered directly into the spine. Brea got intrathecaled and requested a medically precise nightcap before taking the taxi. intrauterine contraceptive deviced adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the crowded taxi as a secure internal arrangement against further arrivals. Eiry became intrauterine contraceptive deviced and guarded the taxi seat from any additional passengers. intrauterine cranial decompressioned adj. Emboldened by drink to volunteer for the most elaborate possible extraction from an ordinary conversation. Wimberly became intrauterine cranial decompressioned and required considerable encouragement to leave the armchair. intrauterine deviced adj. Slowed by drink to a small, coiled presence whose chief achievement is preventing anything further from taking hold. Reshelle was intrauterine deviced, quietly coiled beside the radiator and discouraging all fresh arrangements. intrauterine inseminationed adj. Drunk and intent on improving the chances of conception by placing the proposal directly where it may do some good. intravaginal ejaculation latency timed adj. The drunkenness of one who measures the interval between deciding to leave and actually leaving with the solemnity of a laboratory record. Monda announced departure at eleven and was intravaginal ejaculation latency timed, reaching the door at twenty past. intravariabilitied adj. Of a drinker: variable within the group, agreeing with nobody and then changing sides. Dannii was intravariabilitied, supporting every proposal before opposing the next one. intravasationed adj. Of a drinker who has admitted foreign matter into the bloodstream and is now chiefly concerned with crisps. intravenous dripped adj. A drinker so far gone that refreshment appears to arrive by tubing, though it is merely a straw. Vernadean was intravenous dripped and regarded his straw with professional gratitude.