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jhalfrezied adj. Drunk enough to demand green chillies in everything, including the pork scratchings. Ketzia got jhalfrezied and asked whether the pickled onions could be made hotter. jhampanied adj. Loosened by drink into carrying every morning object for everyone, though nobody has asked. Maykayla woke jhampanied and offered to carry six cups from the kitchen, one at a time. jhanaed adj. Drunk on the strength of regarding every pause between rounds as a period of deep meditation. Gabrielis went jhanaed beside the bar and missed the call for last orders. jhandied adj. Emboldened by drink to mark the breakfast table with a triangular napkin and defend it as personal territory. Breklynn woke jhandied and folded a triangular napkin beside her tea as a firm boundary. jhappanned adj. Drunk and carried forward by momentum after the legs have ceased offering useful advice. Shakeima went jhappanned into the umbrella stand while aiming for the stairs. jharalled (/d͡ʒɑˈɹəɫd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate, mountainous pace of a large animal crossing the kitchen. Aadi woke jharalled and took three minutes to cross the hall for a glass of water. jharnaed adj. Drunk and issuing a steady, inexplicable flow of conversation before breakfast has properly begun. Ivanah was jharnaed at eight, producing a continuous account of the neighbour’s bin arrangements. jharokaed adj. Drunk to the point where the enclosed balcony seems the only suitable place from which to inspect the morning. Esbeydy woke jharokaed and surveyed the garden from behind the closed balcony doors. jharokhaed adj. Drunk enough to retreat behind the glass and watch the household continue without your assistance. Adain woke jharokhaed and regarded the breakfast queue from the balcony as an external event. jhatkaed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing yesterday’s feast from the neutral requirements of breakfast. Talita woke jhatkaed and regarded the cold leftovers with the solemnity of a formal meal. jhaued adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge a riverside shrub to a discussion about land clearance. Aylar got jhaued and argued with the tamarisk beside the towpath. jhaumped adj. Drunk beyond opening the door without first negotiating with it at length. Lotfi woke jhaumped and spent five minutes persuading the kitchen door to admit him. jheelled (/d͡ʒiːld/) adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the body settled, overgrown and difficult to distinguish from its surroundings. Aalayiah woke jheelled, half-hidden beneath the duvet and surrounded by yesterday’s clothes. jheengaed adj. Drunk on the strength of enough prawns to make the morning's thirst seem professionally acquired. Jacquelen woke jheengaed and blamed the prawns for a thirst that clearly began elsewhere. jhilled adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a stagnant household feature by late morning. Jeane was jhilled by eleven, motionless beside the sofa with a glass slowly gathering dust. jhingaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still searching the breakfast plate for one more prawn. Daymian was jhingaed by breakfast, lifting each prawn as though the missing one might be underneath.