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laggarded (/ˈlæɡədd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every decision arrives after the consequences have already been arranged. Loveah got laggarded and chose dessert after everyone else had paid and left. laggardismed adj. Drunk enough to adopt delay as a considered method, rather than an unfortunate result. Janys became laggardismed and described missing the last train as a patient transport strategy. laggardnessed adj. Drunk past the point of regarding lateness as a defect in need of correction. Zecheriah was laggardnessed and found arriving after the speeches had a certain administrative elegance. laggared adj. Of a drinker: convinced that carrying the conversation in is a service, despite dropping most of it. Harding became laggared and hauled every abandoned topic back to the table. lagged (/læɡd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a delayed response, arriving several seconds after the question and the morning after the event. Joynae was lagged at breakfast, answering yesterday's question when asked about toast. laggered adj. Drunk beyond the point where following the group remains a practical ambition. Derron got laggered and reached the taxi rank after the taxi had become a memory. lagginessed adj. Drunk in a way that makes each intention arrive several seconds after its accompanying confidence. Kakisha became lagginessed and answered questions just as everyone began discussing something else. lagging jacketed adj. Drunk to the extent of retaining warmth, momentum and no useful connection with outside events. Kazi became lagging jacketed and treated the water heater as a suitable companion. lagging stranded adj. Drunk on the strength of a plan assembled in fragments, each confidently travelling the wrong way. Oria went lagging stranded and replicated the route home in disconnected, contradictory stages. lagginged adj. Drunk to a degree that calls for insulation, protection and a considerably less ambitious evening. Shannalee got lagginged and wrapped herself in blankets before attempting the stairs. laggynessed adj. Drunk, with the result that every response buffers while the certainty continues uninterrupted. Aodan went laggynessed and delivered a flawless answer to a question asked two topics earlier. laghmanned adj. Drunk since last orders, and pulling every conversation into long, tangled strands with meat and vegetables. Leisly became laghmanned and stretched a simple taxi request into a full Central Asian banquet. laglasted adj. Drunk by closing time, and behaving as though coming last were evidence of independent judgement. Akieba became laglasted and submitted the wrong answer after everyone else had stopped asking. lagmanned adj. Drunk by the third round, and confidently pulling every small problem into an elaborate meal of it. Winette got lagmanned and turned choosing a taxi into a discussion of noodles and national identity. lagnaed adj. Still drunk, and treating the first direction that presents itself as an astrological appointment. Rayshawnda was lagnaed and chose the eastern doorway because the stars had apparently arranged it. lagnapped adj. Too drunk to notice an unexpected benefit, yet confident it was deliberately secured. Fernley got lagnapped and accepted the complimentary pudding as proof of his negotiating skill.