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NP'd adj. A drinker who administers oaths to friends and authenticates promises made beside the bar. Natajha got NP'd and made Leonell swear that the taxi had definitely been ordered. NP-completenessed adj. Too drunk to distinguish between difficult problems, having established that each is at least as troublesome as the last. Rainen was NP-completenessed and reduced finding his coat to the difficulty of every other task. NPA'd adj. Drunk in a way that turns every unpaid obligation into an asset worth acquiring. Stajah got NPA'd and bought a round for someone who had owed him money since Tuesday. NPC'd adj. Drunk to a degree that conversation continues on preset lines, regardless of what anyone says. Maryetta got NPC'd and offered the same helpful directions to everyone at the table. NPD'd (/ɛn piː diːd/) adj. Of a drinker: drunk enough to rank the room, dismiss the lower orders, and appeal the result. Aaja went NPD'd and assigned everyone a place in the pub's social hierarchy. NPE'd adj. The condition of a drinker who attempts a perfectly ordinary operation on an absent object. Christianjohn became NPE'd and tried to shake hands with the empty space beside him. NPG'd adj. Drunk, with the result that two drinks have become three obligations and the evening has acquired a rigid little structure. Dorthula got NPG'd and assigned Amarelys the coats, the taxi, and the final round. NPH'd adj. A drinker who has mistaken the glass of water for a carefully prepared household treatment. Yasha was NPH'd on the sofa, awaiting the water's delayed effect with professional confidence. NPI'd adj. Drunk past the point of saying anything unless the sentence can somehow be made negative. Hikaru got NPI'd and could describe the taxi only by saying it was not absent. NPK'd adj. Sufficiently drunk to distribute nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium among the conversation without regard to suitable proportions. Lebert got NPK'd and fertilised the supper table with equal measures of advice and anecdote. NPN'd adj. Having drunk enough to conduct himself as a three-terminal device, amplifying a small social signal into a considerable disturbance. Deavion became NPN'd and turned a quiet greeting into sustained conversation across the room. NPO'd adj. You have drunk enough to operate entirely without a commercial objective. Jasper-lee was NPO'd and distributed the last crisps without seeking payment. NPPD'd adj. Too drunk to keep a secret from anyone who has not asked for one. Safiye got NPPD'd and disclosed the itinerary to the coat stand. NPPV'd adj. The drunkenness of one who generates reassuring pressure without admitting to any invasive procedure. Joquetta was NPPV'd and sustained the conversation by sheer pneumatic insistence. NPQH'd adj. Still drunk, and assuming responsibility for the departure of everyone except yourself. Chelynne was NPQH'd by last orders, organising coats while misplacing her own. NPR'd adj. Softened by drink into releasing pressure discreetly, usually beside the radiator. Mikayleigh was NPR'd by midnight and quietly vented beside the radiator.