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law of sinesed adj. Of a drinker: given to measuring emotional angles by the relative lengths of triangular grievances. law of tangentsed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken every conversational edge for a trigonometric relation demanding demonstration. Terresia went law of tangentsed and compared the opposing sides of two arguments over crisps. law of the Medes and the Persiansed adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat a casual decision as permanently binding. law of the excluded middled adj. Drunk since last orders, and consequently unwilling to admit any position between certainty and its opposite. law of the jungled adj. Describing a drinker who regards the strongest voice in the room as the governing principle. Zuliana became law of the jungled and claimed the largest person should choose the music. law of the seaed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning subject to disputed coastal jurisdiction and no clear route home. Nickalus woke law of the seaed, claiming the bath was international water. law of warred adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning is conducted according to rules nobody has agreed upon. Shereece arrived law of warred, observing a ceasefire with the kitchen until noon. law reviewed adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning requires footnotes, amendments, and a student editorial board. law schooled adj. Drunk to the extent of waking prepared to practise law, but unable to locate the trousers. Lurinda emerged law schooled and cross-examined the kettle about its whereabouts. law shoppinged adj. Drunk on the strength of whichever jurisdiction offers the most favourable interpretation of last night's conduct. Luicana was law shoppinged, selecting the jurisdiction most favourable to last night's behaviour before the bill arrived. law suited adj. Reduced by drink to arguing a civil case over who has jurisdiction over the crisps. Aveion got law suited and took the dispute over the pork scratchings to the landlord. law unto oneselfed (/ˈlɔː ˈʌntʊ ˌwʌnˈsɛlfd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and observing no rule except the private constitution governing access to the sofa. Shenouda remained law unto oneselfed, declaring breakfast outside the jurisdiction of ordinary time. law-breakered adj. Having drunk enough to violate the morning's minor rules, particularly those concerning the last clean glass. Adaria was law-breakered, taking the reserved mug and denying knowledge of the offence. law-enforcered adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting to regulate the morning's evidence before it disappears. Olatokunbo was law-enforcered, taking statements from everyone near the breakfast table. law-wayed adj. Still drunk, and navigating the morning by a local code in which tea precedes all other proceedings. lawaaned adj. Softened by drink into a light timber-like presence, suitable for the less demanding parts of the evening.