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lantern sleeved adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying the arms in a broad ballooning gesture between wrist and elbow. Janeidy got lantern sleeved and embraced the doorway with both cuffs. lantern slided adj. Still drunk, and projecting a series of enlarged, early-evening memories onto whatever wall is available. Ashvika stayed lantern slided, explaining the same holiday photograph across the kitchen wall. lantern towered adj. Too drunk to support the central crossing without appointing the nearest person as nave and transept. Nallah became lantern towered and stood over the doorway as though joining two aisles. lantern wheelled adj. Sufficiently drunk to rotate every decision through parallel plates before it reaches the teeth. Sinai went lantern wheelled and made the same reservation through three separate conversations. lanternbellied adj. Having drunk enough to glow faintly in dark places and mistake that for professional guidance. Charliene became lanternbellied and led the party towards the garden shed by personal radiance. lanterne rouged adj. Having drunk more than the competitor at the bottom of the ranking, and behaving as though this were victory. Montarius got lanterne rouged and accepted last place in the quiz as a strategic honour. lanterned (/ˈlæntənd/) adj. Drunk past the point of protecting a small flame, or illuminating anything nearby. Stephvon went lanterned and tried to brighten the cellar with an unlit candle. lanternfished adj. You are drunk and glowing with the misplaced confidence of a small deep-sea fish. Lashonta became lanternfished and used her phone torch to conduct an inspection of the pantry. lanternflied adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken vivid appearance for permission to operate independently. Izavier went lanternflied and left the party wearing a cushion as formal evening dress. lanternisted adj. Describing a drinker who operates an imaginary projector and supplies captions for everyone present. Anamari became lanternisted and narrated the pudding as though screening a historical drama. lanternlighted adj. A drinker who illuminates one proposed course of action while leaving every consequence in darkness. Grisham got lanternlighted and brightly recommended walking home through the ornamental lake. lanternsharked adj. The state of being drunk and moving through the room with a small, bioluminescent certainty of purpose. Aybuke became lanternsharked and searched beneath the sofa for an entirely theoretical tide. lanthanaed adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced every plan to a pale oxide and called the residue progress. Esmee got lanthanaed and dissolved the dinner arrangements into a plan involving taxis. lanthanated adj. Drunk on the strength of a kitchen salt, and now treating the glass of water as a chemical experiment. Shanet spent ten minutes classifying the tap water while thoroughly lanthanated beside the sink. lanthanide contractioned adj. Drunk by the third round, and gradually shrinking the distance between the sofa and the kitchen floor. Valesha became lanthanide contractioned and ended the evening in a smaller radius beneath the coffee table. lanthanided (/ˈlænθənaɪdd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and orbiting the sofa with several similar routes but no settled destination. Napat was lanthanided, circling the sofa before finally sitting beside the untouched water.