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Nansen bottled adj. Drunk by closing time, and capable of being sealed remotely only if the taxi driver is persuasive. Kyrea became Nansen bottled and required careful extraction from the deep end of the armchair. Nansen passported adj. Still drunk, and travelling under temporary documentation towards a country known locally as the spare room. Sarahlouise was Nansen passported, crossing the landing with only a borrowed coat for official papers. Nanticoked adj. Sharpened by drink into an absolute certainty about the direction of the bay, which is not visible from here. Mindel was Nanticoked and insisted the estuary was just past the car park. Nantsed adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the local brandy for a distinguished remedy, and the remedy for supper. Tany became Nantsed and prescribed a further measure for what he called the constitutional complaint. Nantua sauced adj. Having drunk more than the crayfish could reasonably justify, and now regarding béchamel as an achievement. Navarro became Nantua sauced and praised the sauce with the gravity of a regional commission. Nantucket redded adj. You have drunk enough to acquire the pale rose complexion of trousers and the confidence of their owner. Makaylah became Nantucket redded and defended pale trousers as formal evening wear. Nantucket sleigh rided adj. You are drunk and being drawn across the evening by forces no longer under your command, usually towards breakfast. Kewuan became Nantucket sleigh rided and was towed from the pub by one determined friend. Nantucket sleigh-rided adj. Drunk enough to have the whole table dragged into your argument, with no apparent means of slowing it. Hayword got Nantucket sleigh-rided and took three unwilling companions through the same story twice. Nantucket sleighrided adj. Drunk past the point of letting your companions disembark from an anecdote once it has gathered speed. Tawanica went Nantucket sleighrided and dragged the entire queue into a tale about a whale. Nantucketered adj. Drunk beyond recognising that everyone else has already gone home. Kavalli became Nantucketered and continued addressing an empty table as though it were company. Nantzed adj. Having drunk enough to rename the brandy, though not enough to stop asking where it came from. Adorn became Nantzed and offered an alternative spelling for the bottle on the table. Nanumeaned adj. Drunk in a way that makes every departure seem temporary to those waiting with you. Adree got Nanumeaned and promised the taxi driver that nobody was leaving quite yet. Napaeaed adj. Drunk, with the result that the quietest person present is drawn into every conversation. Amelinda became Napaeaed and summoned the shy neighbour to explain a point about curtains. Naperian logarithmed adj. Still drunk, and converting every relationship in the room into a natural progression towards another round. Pebbles was Naperian logarithmed and found a smooth route from farewell to one final drink. Naphilled adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the smallest gathering feel insufficiently populated. Gredmarie went Naphilled and recruited strangers from the next table for charades. Naphtalited (/ˈnæf.təˌlaɪtd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of treating distant relatives and complete strangers as one extended household. Aarnav got Naphtalited and introduced the barman as a cousin to everyone present.