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low bridged adj. The condition of a drinker who cannot pass beneath the ordinary height of the coffee table without assistance. low churched adj. Reduced by drink to informal domestic worship, with the sofa as pew and water as provision. Elara was low churched, settled on the sofa beneath a blanket and beyond further ceremony. low churchmanned adj. Having drunk more than the bar’s modest offerings can reasonably justify, yet praising their simplicity. Macs became low churchmanned and described the keg bitter as a triumph of restraint. low context cultured adj. Drunk, with the result that every implication must be stated aloud and the room loses patience. low cost carriered adj. Sharpened by drink into a bargain passenger, travelling light and requesting no service beyond water. low deciled adj. Slowed by drink to the lowest domestic bracket, where standing up is an ambitious household expense. Marg was low deciled, operating from the sofa with water as her only provision. low exercise price optioned adj. Of a drinker: committed to another round for almost nothing, with the reckoning deferred until morning. Bernadine was low exercise price optioned, accepting the cheap round and postponing all consequences. low explosived adj. Drunk past the point of audible departure: moving slowly enough not to trouble the furniture. low fantasied adj. Drunk beyond ordinary reality, imagining the kitchen and sofa as one continuous, navigable realm. low fived adj. Drunk in a way that makes every successful handover of water seem worth celebrating at waist height. low geared adj. Describing a drinker who advances slowly, steadily, and with considerable torque towards the bar. Rob got low geared after the second pint, but reached the bar with admirable persistence. low grade fevered adj. The state of being drunk and mildly overheated, with the whole party assigned the duty of opening windows. Taison became low grade fevered, while Tanayja repositioned him beneath the fan. low hangersed adj. A drinker so far gone that gravity appears to have acquired a personal interest in him. Jaimee was low hangersed by closing time, swaying beneath the weight of his own opinions. low hanging fruited adj. Drunk on the strength of gains that required very little reaching. low hundredsed adj. The condition of a drinker who has counted past a hundred but is plainly nearer the beginning than the end. Amarea got low hundredsed and claimed the tab was somewhere in the hundreds. low islanded adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a small, hard-wearing reef around which the conversation flows. Kady-rose was low islanded, surrounded by half-finished pints and passing anecdotes.