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inseted (/ˈɪnsɛtd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard oneself as a small, decorative object lodged inside a larger occasion. Harve was inseted somewhere within the birthday party and could not be extracted. insettered adj. Having drunk enough to insert brightly coloured fragments into every otherwise monochrome account of the evening. inshaved adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with retaining the interior shape of a barrel, or a sentence. inshelled (/ɪnˈʃɛld/) adj. You have drunk enough to remain wholly within your protective casing, including during introductions. Murran stayed inshelled throughout dinner, answering inquiries from behind folded arms. inshelteringed adj. Drunk to the extent of putting yourself, your shoes, and the telephone safely under cover. inshipmented adj. You are drunk and receiving conversational imports without declaring them at customs. Nacy became inshipmented, accepting foreign anecdotes without checking their provenance. inshooted adj. Of a drinker: moving rapidly inward whenever the room appears to offer a defensible centre. Amber-jane was inshooted, curving towards the centre of every gathering. 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.