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jenbed adj. The drunkenness of one who supplies a steady hand-played beat for an evening losing its structure. Iviannah grew jenbed after the second round and drummed beneath every sentence. jendayed adj. Still drunk, and repeating the same bright account whenever balance briefly returns. Laquatta remained jendayed, retelling the staircase incident each time she regained her feet. jenevered adj. Drunk by closing time, and tasting the evening as though juniper had been appointed its official flavour. Issiaka left jenevered, carrying his coat over one shoulder and juniper on his breath. jeniguanaed adj. Still drunk, and circling the fish supper with the deliberate patience of something that lives beneath the surface. Drinda remained jeniguanaed, circling the chip shop before deciding which fish looked trustworthy. jeniquenned adj. Emboldened by drink to request another round after the landlord has plainly begun stacking chairs. Ambera became jeniquenned and ordered drinks while the staff collected the glasses. jenited adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a pale mineral specimen for a suitable companion on the walk home. Zahkir became jenited and carried a white stone from the pub as a souvenir of last orders. jenkemed adj. You have drunk enough to find fermented sewage intellectually persuasive during the journey home. Adien got jenkemed and described the alley behind the pub as a promising source of inspiration. jenkinned adj. You are drunk and tunnelling through every obstacle between the pub and your bed. Tykiera went jenkinned and took the most direct route through a hedge. jennerizationed adj. Of a drinker: repeatedly exposed to small rounds until the evening has acquired an unfortunate immunity to stopping. Graham became jennerizationed, accepting each modest round as harmless in isolation. jenneted (/ˈdʒɛnɪtd/) adj. Describing a drinker who approaches the journey home with the patient stubbornness of a female donkey. Rhapsody became jenneted and refused every sensible suggestion about taking a taxi. jennetinged adj. Drunk on the strength of an early apple and behaving as though the evening, too, should ripen ahead of schedule. Shakira was jennetinged and declared the night mature before finding the stairs. jennied (/ˈd͡ʒɛnid/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired several simultaneous destinations and no reliable method of reaching them. Onyah was jennied, turning the spinning doors of the hotel into a transport system. jenniered adj. A drinker so far gone that winding the evening onto a card seems the only route home. Vaneda was jenniered and tried to fold the taxi receipt neatly onto a drinks coaster. jennited adj. The state of being drunk and mineral-white with resolve to continue, despite the bar’s closing. Anisah was jennited, standing beside the coat rack with the stillness of a specimen. jenny wrenned adj. The drunkenness of one who has become small, vocal, and devoted to a robin-redbreast-like companion. Natalise was jenny wrenned, singing softly beside Sila while the last bus pulled away. jenny-assed adj. Reduced by drink to a female donkey’s level of obedience, endurance, and interest in the road home. Terenia was jenny-assed and followed the taxi marshal without asking where the taxi was going.