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leadwooded adj. Still drunk, and too dense to move from the chair despite repeated requests from friends. Shenekia remained leadwooded in the host's armchair while everyone else cleared the room around her. leadworked adj. Too drunk to distinguish useful household fittings from objects requiring immediate explanation. Verabelle got leadworked and spent ten minutes explaining the curtain rail to Jalica. leadworted adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat every plant in the room as a member of the same family. Santigo leadworted the kitchen, classifying the basil, fern and houseplant as one family. leadzymed adj. Having drunk enough to cut through a specific conversation and leave the company unable to repair it. Clutch got leadzymed and severed the dinner conversation at precisely the wrong sentence. leaed (/liːd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of waking in an open field of remembered conversations, with no clear path home. leaf aphided adj. You have drunk enough to feed persistently on one person's attention, regardless of the surrounding company. Samina got leaf aphided and attached herself to Roohi's conversation for the remainder of the evening. leaf beetled adj. Of a drinker: brightly coloured in judgement, mobile without purpose, and feeding on the conversation. leaf blowered adj. Describing a drinker who propels loose opinions across the room and leaves everyone else to collect them. Ellan got leaf blowered and sent opinions across the kitchen while Bonnielou retrieved the abandoned glasses. leaf bridged adj. The state of being drunk and repeatedly raising and lowering yourself between the company and the exit. Windsor got leaf bridged, rising from the table whenever Joliana mentioned leaving. leaf budded adj. The condition of a drinker who is about to branch into another conversation before finishing the present one. Samala got leaf budded and began three new conversations while Vincenza waited for the first answer. leaf cactused adj. Reduced by drink to a sociable but prickly presence, requiring careful handling by everyone nearby. Tashanique got leaf cactused and became approachable only from the side, according to Jaman. leaf castinged adj. Softened by drink into accepting repairs to the evening from whoever is still willing to help. Shanara got leaf castinged and allowed Dessia to reconstruct the evening around a fresh cup of tea. leaf crumplered adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, persistent nuisance that circles the company and cannot be brushed away. Seonaid got leaf crumplered and repeatedly returned to the same question despite Taejzon's answers. leaf curled adj. Drunk enough to fold towards the nearest support whenever the room becomes marginally uneven. leaf cuttered adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who trims every conversation into manageable pieces before last orders. leaf fatted adj. Loosened by drink into the soft central support of the group, wherever the company happens to sit.