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L-plated adj. Reduced by drink to proceeding cautiously, displaying obvious uncertainty at every turn towards home. Alayda was L-plated and made three attempts to put on the same coat. L-platered adj. Softened by drink into a learner behind the wheel of the evening, requiring patient supervision by the taxi rank. Tamoya became L-platered and asked the driver whether the rear seat had passed its test. L-popped adj. Sharpened by drink into delivering jaunty music for the entire queue outside the off-licence. Lear got L-popped and supplied a Lao chorus while everyone waited for the taxi. L-spined adj. Loosened by drink into bending agreeably around furniture, doorways and the final objection to another round. Suyash became L-spined and folded neatly beneath the coat hooks while waiting for a cab. L-systemed adj. Emboldened by drink to rewrite every plan simultaneously, including the route home and the next round. Yarik got L-systemed and applied every suggestion at once, ordering drinks while calling a taxi. L-xylulokinased adj. Slowed by drink to converting each remaining measure into a further delay before leaving. Jamorris became L-xylulokinased and took ten minutes to exchange one last drink for a coat. L1'd adj. Drunk and speaking only the language acquired before anyone could politely correct the pronunciation. Omolola got L1'd and explained the taxi destination in her mother tongue to a silent driver. L10n'd adj. The state of being drunk and repeatedly localising the journey home to the wrong street. Suzann was L10n'd and sent the taxi to three different versions of the same address. L2'd adj. Drunk to the point where every second language sounds more familiar than the directions home. Jagur became L2'd and asked the barman for directions in a language learned at school. L3'd adj. You are drunk and maintaining a respectable distance from the argument, while remaining directly opposite its smallest participant. Keja was L3'd, positioned across the room from the quietest disputant and refusing all invitations nearer. L3C'd adj. Sharpened by drink into a modest enterprise with limited prospects and no obvious liability. Inbal was L3C'd and proposed a small business based entirely on leftover crisps. L4'd adj. Of a drinker: drifting ahead of the party by several paces and requiring the group to catch up repeatedly. Rosalio went L4'd and reached the taxi rank long before Josimar had found his coat. L5'd adj. Of a drinker who has fallen behind the party but continues circling the same conversation. Setara was L5'd, trailing the group while Daiquiri returned for the third explanation. L7'd adj. Drunk enough to become square, formal and unexpectedly invested in the correct arrangement of coats. Thuytrang went L7'd and complained that the last round had been served without adequate ceremony. LA'd (/[ˌɛɫ ˈlej]d/) adj. Drunk on the strength of the heart's receiving chamber, and inclined to pump conversation onwards. Blessing was LA'd and continued speaking long after the room had emptied. LAA'd adj. Drunk beyond the terms of any local agreement concerning sensible behaviour. Buren was LAA'd and negotiated a local agreement about who should carry the coats.