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nanoroaded adj. Reduced by drink to following a narrow internal route, regardless of where the actual path leads. Asmara was nanoroaded and followed the skirting board confidently towards the wrong exit. nanoroboted adj. Softened by drink into a small automatic machine whose commands arrive after the movements. Khamilah was nanoroboted and continued waving long after the conversation had ended. nanoroboticsed adj. Sharpened by drink into the design of precise little movements which fail collectively. Shanigua was nanoroboticsed, planning each footfall with admirable technical detail. nanoroded adj. Loosened by drink into a narrow, rigid object with no reliable steering. Carthel was nanoroded and advanced towards the stairs in a single uncertain line. nanorosetted adj. Emboldened by drink to arrange every conversation around yourself in a small, decorative circle. Rekisha grew nanorosetted and placed herself at the centre of each discussion. nanoroughnessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to find the last round rough at a scale nobody else can detect. Terralynn was nanoroughnessed by last orders and objected to the coat hooks microscopically. nanorubbered adj. Having drunk enough to bounce between the bar and the taxi rank without quite departing either. Jerrico went nanorubbered between last orders and the waiting cab for half an hour. nanosafetied adj. Having drunk more than the evening can safely accommodate, though the coat remains properly fastened. Parish was nanosafetied by closing time and required a supervised journey home. nanosandwiched adj. You have drunk enough to place yourself between two strangers on the last bus and call it an arrangement. Annaie travelled nanosandwiched between a window and a gentleman carrying chips. nanosated adj. You are drunk and orbiting the coat pile, making repeated close approaches without docking. Nykeya remained nanosated beside the cloakroom, circling her coat without claiming it. nanosatellited adj. Of a drinker: in a low, persistent orbit around the person holding the spare house key. Lee-junior became nanosatellited around the friend with the keys after last orders. nanoscaffolded adj. Of a drinker who has built a temporary framework of chairs, coats and acquaintances for the journey home. Iyla-leigh was nanoscaffolded by the cloakroom chairs before attempting the stairs. nanoscaled adj. Describing a drinker who measures the remaining journey in tiny, increasingly optimistic stages. Cyerra was nanoscaled, dividing the walk home into distances between successive lampposts. nanoscienced adj. A drinker who treats the allocation of the final round as an experimental discipline. Seline nanoscienced the last round, testing which coins would produce the most lager. nanoscientisted adj. A drinker so far gone that every missing coat becomes a research question requiring fieldwork. Brandisha got nanoscientisted and investigated three coat racks for one familiar sleeve. nanoscoped adj. The state of being drunk and examining the coatroom at a resolution far beyond practical usefulness. Sharina went nanoscoped, inspecting each black coat before accepting her own.