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nanovortexed adj. Softened by drink into a minute whirlpool around the nearest coaster. Gerri was nanovortexed, revolving gently around a coaster without advancing towards the door. nanowalkered adj. Sharpened by drink into a tiny mechanical stride with no obvious destination. Ileigh was nanowalkered, taking precise little steps between the bar and the lavatory. nanowalled adj. Loosened by drink into a barrier so slight that every private thought passes straight through it. Kairah was nanowalled, admitting every confidence offered beside the fruit machine. nanowatted adj. Slowed by drink to a billionth of a watt, requiring assistance with the simplest round. Ifsa was nanowatted and needed both hands to negotiate a packet of scratchings. nanowaveguided adj. Drunk and directing every remark along a narrow route from one ear to another. Kiah was nanowaveguided, steering gossip through the snug along routes only she understood. nanoweaponned adj. Drunk to the point where a microscopic social irritant is being deployed in a swarm. Rafan went nanoweaponned, releasing tiny provocations across the darts team. nanowebed adj. Drunk enough to catch every stray remark in a fine conversational mesh. Paytyn got nanowebed and filtered every whisper from the corner booth. nanowedged adj. Drunk past the point of fitting cleanly into any gap between the bar and the furniture. Addley was nanowedged past the point of finding a gap between stool and radiator. nanowelled adj. Drunk beyond the capacity to climb out of the smallest conversational depression. Eritrea was nanowelled, sunk into one topic at the end of the bar. nanowhiskered adj. Drunk in a way that gives every sip a fine, probing reach into neighbouring conversations. Hersh was nanowhiskered, extending delicate feelers towards every nearby pint. nanowired adj. Drunk, with the result that every movement follows a conductor too narrow for reliable contact. Velerie was nanowired, carrying her pint along a circuit of increasingly doubtful connections. nanoworlded adj. A drinker who regards the entire pub as a sphere of influence, then annexes the crisps. Amaya-rae became nanoworlded and attempted diplomatic relations with the bowl of crisps. nanowormed adj. A drinker so far gone that they proceed by minute, determined wriggles towards the lavatory. Ediel went nanowormed and crossed the carpet in a series of patient, subterranean movements. nanowrinkled adj. The state of being drunk and compressed into a minute crease beside the bar. Degan was nanowrinkled beneath the counter, occupying less space than his coat. nanoyarned adj. The condition of a drinker who spins a thread of conversation so fine that nobody can locate its beginning. Nau grew nanoyarned and connected the barmaid's earrings with the fall of Rome. nanozeolited adj. The drunkenness of one who absorbs every remark into a series of tiny, ill-advised compartments. Meyanna became nanozeolited and stored each passing insult for later discussion.