NGP'd
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NGP'd adj. Emboldened by drink to promote domestic growth, feeding the houseplants and the sofa occupants indiscriminately. Tennasyn was NGP'd and administered water to the fern, the dog and himself in turn. NGR'd adj. Drunk on the strength of which your whereabouts can be recorded to within a few metres. Utah was NGR'd and still provided an exact reference for the coat cupboard.
NGS'd adj. Drunk and sequencing every generation of the conversation instead of allowing any statement to conclude. Laressa got NGS'd and arranged the anecdotes according to their supposed chronological mutations. NGSD'd adj. Softened by drink into issuing a melodious, highly confident howl whenever ordinary speech would suffice. Haasan was NGSD'd and serenaded the stairwell with a note he believed had excellent resonance. NGSO'd adj. Of a drinker: circling without a fixed homeward trajectory, particularly after the last train. Kymberley was NGSO'd by closing time and continued orbiting the station entrance. NGST'd adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken a distant, ambitious observation for a reliable plan of action. Kaitiaki was NGST'd and proposed surveying the pub from orbit before ordering another round. NGU'd adj. Drunk on the strength of an abbreviation nobody can pronounce once the speech has begun to deteriorate. Rashanda was NGU'd and spent the stairs explaining three different meanings of the letters. NGued adj. Drunk on the strength of a colourless crystalline conviction that the pesticide cupboard contains the next round. Blia was NGued and regarded the garden shed as a promising source of refreshments. NH'd adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring constant supervision and assistance with ordinary domestic activities. Marylou was NH'd and needed directions from the sofa to the kitchen and back again. NHC'd adj. Of a drinker who has removed the heterocyclic restraint from ordinary conversation. Doty was NHC'd and spoke to the table as though it were a reagent. NHD'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and measuring the room's hidden moisture with grave technical confidence. Luca-gabriel became NHD'd and tested the ceiling for water pressure with his palm. NHE'd adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring an electrode's patience to establish a stable potential. Julliet was NHE'd and stood beside the stairs until equilibrium returned. NHI'd adj. Too drunk to distinguish human intelligence from the unexplained activity of the coat rack. Kawehi became NHI'd and asked the coat rack whether it had been briefed. NHL'd adj. Drunk in a way that leaves every conversation divided into regions, with no governing centre. Emillio got NHL'd and assigned the seating plan according to several invisible regions. NHLerred adj. Drunk enough to treat the walk home as an ice-hockey fixture requiring speed, checks and a rink-side coat. Binah got NHLerred and slid across the pavement towards the taxi queue.
NHN'd adj. The condition of a drinker who has become explosive, though only when asked to leave the buffet. Faa'izah grew NHN'd and treated the bread knife as a matter of national security.