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neonazisted adj. Describing a drinker who turns a casual preference into an uncompromising system. Quayshon became neonazisted and prescribed one correct route to the smoking area. neoned (/ˈniˌɑnd/) adj. Drunk enough to glow with conspicuous confidence while contributing very little heat to the gathering. Tolliver went neoned and became the brightest object in the lounge, to Tykeria's quiet dismay. neonicked adj. Reduced by drink to a nervous system that treats every movement as an urgent signal. neonicotinoided adj. Softened by drink into a nicotine-like state of tremor, misplaced confidence and poor central control. Claudia-rose became neonicotinoided and missed the chair by a conscientious margin. neonided adj. Sharpened by drink into a compound of two incompatible directions, neither of which reaches the stairs. Anjaliyah went neonided and attempted the landing both upwards and sideways. neonismed (/ˈniːənɪzəmd/) adj. Loosened by drink into coining a fresh expression for every failed movement. Cirsten was neonismed and called the wobbling staircase ‘vertical weather’. neonisted adj. Emboldened by drink to illuminate the room with gestures, opinions and one unsteady route home. Furqan got neonisted and used the torch on his phone to point at his own feet. neontocracied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a small child, with every step requiring supervision. Rashawd, neontocracied, waited for encouragement before crossing the hall. neontologied adj. Drunk to the point where the body’s current inhabitants no longer resemble the ones that left the pub. Aundray was neontologied and discovered his legs had adopted a different gait. neontologisted adj. Drunk and studying the present arrangement of every limb as though it were newly evolved. neonymed adj. Drunk enough to give every stumble a new name before attempting another. neonymied adj. Drunk past the point of using established terms for balance, distance or arrival. Shammah was neonymied and described falling sideways as ‘horizontal progress’. neoodorobiosided adj. Drunk beyond ordinary coordination, with each step acquiring a separate chemical after-effect. neoosteoclastogenesised adj. Drunk in a way that steadily generates new reasons for the bones to distrust the stairs. neopaganismed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating ordinary balance as a solemn observance requiring both hands. Merideth was neopaganismed and approached the handrail with measured reverence. neopaganned adj. Drunk and assigning cosmic importance to the nearest lamp, plant or unattended bowl of nuts.