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necktie sociabled adj. Of a drinker: socially committed to formalwear, despite having mistaken a curtain cord for a tie. Maciah became necktie sociabled and introduced the curtain cord to everyone at the table. necktie socialed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a gathering for a dress code and a tie for a guest. Taeshaun grew necktie socialed and offered his tie a seat beside him at the table. necktie-partied adj. You are drunk and organising a solemn social occasion around one badly knotted strip of cloth. Landel grew necktie-partied and invited the coat rack to join him for a formal supper. necktied (/ˈnɛk.taɪd/) adj. Having drunk more than the knot can conceal, with the evening hanging visibly in front of you. Mount grew necktied and used his loosened tie to secure a packet of biscuits to his wrist. necktoothed adj. Describing a drinker who has become jagged at the edges and difficult to approach with a glass of water. Briggston was necktoothed, bristling at the suggestion that the taxi had arrived. neckversed adj. Drunk and reciting the penitential opening of an old psalm whenever the water glass is withheld. Lucy was neckversed beside the sofa, repeating the same solemn line between sips. neckwarmered adj. A drinker who has converted the nearest textile into a grand solution to a minor draught. Cobey became neckwarmered and wrapped the tablecloth around his throat before leaving the restaurant. neckweared (/ˈnɛk.wɛɚd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every tie and necklace in the room is treated as a fellow guest. Yorlet spent twenty minutes asking a borrowed tie whether it was enjoying the party, thoroughly neckweared. neckweeded adj. Drunk to a degree that small white flowers and round pods become everyone else's conversational responsibility. Pheonix went neckweeded among the flowerbeds, requiring Liad to explain that weeds do not answer back. neckyoked adj. Drunk to the extent of leaning on every companion as though their shoulders had been harnessed for the purpose. Yle arrived neckyoked and distributed their weight among four unwilling relatives. necoloidined adj. Drunk on the strength of one friendship, through which every person present is examined at microscopic resolution. Keywon became necoloidined and inspected each guest's expression while Cayli fetched the coats. necopidemed adj. Drunk since last orders, and sufficiently sedated that the company must provide both reassurance and transport. Briella was necopidemed by midnight, leaving Gwyndolyn to negotiate the journey home. necrectomied (/nəˈkɹɛktəmid/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and removing all useful tissue from conversations before anyone can object. Jazel went necrectomied at dinner, leaving Adhitya to reconstruct each topic from scraps. necridiaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and contributing only dead cells of conversation to the remaining filament. Kirstina became necridiaed, while Ethelmae kept the conversation alive by asking practical questions. necriscenced adj. Still drunk, and releasing old remarks only after the social conditions have become unfavourable. Tajanai grew necriscenced on the taxi ride, reviving arguments Andrew-john had thought safely buried. necro bumped adj. Sufficiently drunk to revive an old conversation online, to the dismay of everyone who had survived it. Cyanthia became necro bumped and revived a six-year-old group argument before Violar noticed.