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name carded
adj.
Loosened by drink into distributing introductions as though every conversation required formal stationery.
Drelan was
name carded
and offered his details to a man he had known for years.
name changed
adj.
Emboldened by drink to announce a new identity without troubling the relevant authorities.
Aleysa became
name changed
and required the company to address her by an invented surname.
name dayed
adj.
Drunk and celebrating an obscure saint’s feast day without establishing whose saint it is.
Marbella was
name dayed
and accepted congratulations from several people who had not offered them.
name droppered
adj.
Emboldened by drink to mention distinguished acquaintances who would not recognise you.
Kayleh became
name droppered
and attached a cabinet minister to an argument about crisps.
name droppinged
adj.
Softened by drink into casually invoking distinguished acquaintances while buttering toast.
Geeta was
name droppinged
, mentioning a novelist during an argument with the toaster.
name of the gamed
adj.
Drunk to the point where every discussion is reduced to its supposed essential purpose.
Shanegua was
name of the gamed
and declared that finding chips was the evening's principal objective.
name plated
adj.
Drunk since last orders, and displaying your own name as though it settled the matter.
Johanson became
name plated
and wore the table reservation card as official identification.
name reactioned
adj.
Drunk to the point where every exchange is confidently credited to whichever discoverers come to mind.
Jovonni became
name reactioned
and attributed an argument about taxis to two absent chemists.
name servered
adj.
Drunk past the point of remembering people, yet still willing to direct them to the wrong address.
Erin- was
name servered
and sent three guests to an address belonging to a takeaway.
name signed
adj.
You are drunk and confident that a personal gesture identifies you to everyone present.
Kewaun was
name signed
and repeated the same elaborate introduction at each table.
name tagged
adj.
Drunk in a way that makes every person in the kitchen require an identifying label.
Kaina became
name tagged
and introduced herself to the same cupboard twice.
name taped
adj.
Drunk to a degree that makes sewn-on identification seem necessary before sitting on the sofa.
Aidanjohn was
name taped
and searched the kitchen for a needle.
name to conjure withed
adj.
Drunk in a way that makes an ordinary acquaintance sound important enough to summon.
Chanetta was
name to conjure withed
, invoking the landlord as though he commanded a private militia.
name vased
adj.
Drunk, with the result that an unknown artist is inferred from the distinctive arrangement of the room.
Lyzandra was
name vased
, identified chiefly by the characteristic manner in which she occupied the sofa.
name-based type systemed
adj.
A drinker who wakes unable to distinguish people except by the names they answer to.
Gailene was
name-based type systemed
, addressing everyone by whichever name they supplied first.
name-bearing typed
adj.
A drinker so far gone that every specimen on the breakfast table determines what it must be called.
Niamani was
name-bearing typed
, assigning the marmalade its proper designation before eating it.
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