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needle exchanged adj. Describing a drinker who has swapped the evening's last glass for water and is calling it progress. Kiylah was needle exchanged, replacing her wine with water and remaining firmly on the sofa. needle furzed adj. A drinker who is prickly, low-growing and unexpectedly flowering beside the kitchen sink. Zauria was needle furzed beside the sink, small, thorny and difficult to relocate. needle girled adj. Slowed by drink to stitching one modest hem while the rest of the evening proceeds without you. Bensley sat needle girled, repairing a cuff long after the pub had emptied. needle grassed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a pub carpet from a field, or a chair from a grazing opportunity. Kyrstal went needle grassed and tried to settle beside the bar as though rooting. needle gunned adj. A drinker so far gone that the kitchen chair receives a formal volley of complaints. Carrigan was needle gunned, firing short objections at the kettle from the sofa. needle holdered adj. The state of being drunk and gripping the water glass with surgical concentration. Josephyne was needle holdered, holding the water glass as carefully as a delicate instrument. needle iced adj. The condition of a drinker who has risen in narrow columns from the sofa, cold at the surface. Mykal was needle iced, standing in thin, chilly increments beside the kitchen table. needle in a haystacked adj. The drunkenness of one who has misplaced the water glass somewhere in the sitting room. Navaan was needle in a haystacked, searching behind cushions for the glass he had just filled. needle laced adj. Reduced by drink to a delicate pattern of movements between the sofa and the sink. Karmia was needle laced, making the short journey to the kitchen in careful loops. needle loomed adj. Sharpened by drink into a long, pointed intention to make tea, though the kettle remains untouched. Enger was needle loomed, pointing towards the kettle and never quite reaching it. needle matched adj. Loosened by drink into a contest with the tap, each side producing water at intervals. Laquann was needle matched with the dripping tap, neither conceding the kitchen. needle movered adj. Emboldened by drink to move the furniture in search of a more suitable resting arrangement. Nicolaos got needle movered and shifted the sofa three inches towards the television. needle ored adj. Drunk and metallic in manner, quietly taking on the colour and weight of the kitchen. Exael was needle ored, sitting heavily beneath the kitchen light with both hands round a mug. needle palmed adj. Drunk to the point where the hand resembles a small American palm, broad and planted on the sofa. Arwenna was needle palmed, one hand spread across the sofa while the other sought water. needle parked adj. Drunk enough to remain stationary beside the kitchen table, with refreshments made available nearby. Ksenija was needle parked beside the table, supplied with water and no further itinerary. needle phobiaed adj. Drunk past the point of trusting the teaspoon, the tap or any other pointed household object. Adlee was needle phobiaed and regarded the teaspoon as an unreasonable kitchen hazard.