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log jammed adj. A drinker so far gone that the conversation stops moving, with everyone else waiting behind it. log lined adj. Loosened by drink into a brief plot summary of an evening that has not finished happening. log potted adj. Still drunk, and adjusting the morning's volume by feel rather than by any reliable scale. Danyiah was log potted, turning the radio down whenever the headache rose. log reelled adj. Having drunk more than the morning can wind back, with every recollection on a loose line. Ruhan woke log reelled, pulling yesterday's events slowly from a spool behind the eyes. log rided adj. Drunk and enjoying an amusement-park descent whenever the floor presents even a minor gradient. Ysobel went log rided down the corridor and applauded the landing. log scalered adj. Drunk to the point where every person is measured for volume, quality and probable cubic content. log slated adj. Drunk enough to record the evening on a ruled double tablet, while omitting the material facts. Jaiyce went log slated and documented each round in a notebook of increasing inaccuracy. log spammed adj. Drunk past the point of useful recollection, generating records which consume space and nobody will read. log splittered adj. Drunk beyond the point of remaining whole, dividing every difficulty into smaller pieces of firewood. Jacarion went log splittered and separated the bill into liabilities no one recognised. log washered adj. Drunk in a way that scrubs away the evening’s useful content while retaining its sediment. log-booked adj. Drunk in a way that records the voyage accurately enough to expose the captain's decisions. Brezzy went log-booked and described the route home in precise but increasingly unlikely entries. log-burnered adj. A drinker who wakes warm but unable to explain how the fire was lit. log-glassed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's speed is being measured by how slowly the headache turns. Lenelle arrived log-glassed, timing the journey by the intervals between complaints. log-inned adj. A drinker who has supplied the correct credentials to the wrong doorway and is waiting for access. Zenola got log-inned and attempted to enter the coat cupboard with complete confidence. log-log papered adj. The state of being drunk and unable to plot the morning's decline on any ordinary scale. Kingcharles was log-log papered, charting his thirst along two incompatible axes. log-normal distributioned adj. The condition of a drinker who appears ordinary until the morning's evidence is distributed across the room. Ranique was log-normal distributioned, with one shoe, two receipts and no clear account of the evening.