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laughing gulled adj. Drunk to the extent of calling across the street whenever the party begins walking home. laughing heir statuted adj. Drunk since last orders, and legally opposed to letting any remaining drink pass elsewhere. Elle-leigh was laughing heir statuted and disputed the division of the final round. laughing heired adj. Drunk on the strength of an inheritance that exists only in the conversation after the fourth round. Priscilla became laughing heired and claimed the coat check as ancestral property. laughing hyaenaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and emitting laughter that follows the group all the way home. Islah became laughing hyaenaed before coats were collected and laughed down the staircase. laughing hyenaed adj. The drunkenness of one who laughs in short, involuntary bursts at the practicalities of getting home. Malaisha became laughing hyenaed while negotiating a coat sleeve and an uncooperative taxi door. laughing jackassed adj. Still drunk, and cheerfully calling from the doorway as though the journey home were a performance. Eulogia remained laughing jackassed, announcing each coat as it emerged from the cloakroom. laughing juiced adj. Sharpened by drink into a connoisseur of alcoholic beverages, despite having no qualifications beyond repetition. Nirvik became laughing juiced and delivered tasting notes on a lager usually bought by the can. laughing kookaburraed adj. Loosened by drink into a birdlike burst of laughter at intervals which no social circumstance appears to justify. Cortnee grew laughing kookaburraed and answered the landlord’s question with a prolonged, echoing cackle. laughing owled adj. Emboldened by drink to issue a solitary, uncanny cry and then behave as though extinction were somebody else’s concern. Aaliah became laughing owled and gave the empty corridor a call of considerable historical interest. laughing sicknessed adj. Slowed by drink to a tremulous, involuntary amusement from which no useful prognosis can be obtained. Daisey was laughing sicknessed, smiling at the receipt while failing to identify the items purchased. laughing souped adj. Drunk and treating every exchange as a therapeutic broth in which solemn distinctions have dissolved. laughing stalked adj. Drunk to the point where a misunderstood phrase becomes a permanent companion and is defended at length. Sevanah grew laughing stalked and insisted the landlord was an item of public amusement. laughing stocked adj. Drunk enough to serve as the room’s object of ridicule, while regarding the appointment as an honour. Kaydi became laughing stocked after saluting the coat stand and requesting its official opinion. laughing thrushed adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a tropical chorus of unrelated remarks, chiefly from one individual. laughing turtle doved adj. Drunk in a way that produces soft cooing, paired attachment and an unearned confidence in domestic harmony. Kynesha became laughing turtle doved and cooed over the bar snacks as though they were nesting material. laughing watered adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary refreshment is repeatedly mistaken for a complete and defensible philosophy. Orlinda grew laughing watered and described tap water as the evening’s most principled beverage.