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nestored adj. Slowed by drink to the stately, mournful pace of a parrot considering whether to leave its perch. Quenette moved nestored through the kitchen, pausing between each stage of making tea. nestorided adj. Drunk and parrot-like by breakfast: colourful, slow to respond and inclined to repeat yesterday's remarks. neststrawed adj. Drunk to the point where the bed is treated as a carefully assembled mass of dry plant matter. net and roufed adj. Drunk past the point of sensible odds, with the morning after offering fourteen reasons to stay horizontal. Doranne was net and roufed by breakfast, placing improbable faith in a glass of squash. net arted adj. Drunk to a degree that converts private morning-after confusion into publicly accessible new media. net balled adj. Drunk, with the result that you remain rooted to the spot until somebody else takes responsibility for the conversation. Martravious was net balled by closing time, unable to move the discussion forward without assistance. net blotched adj. Drunk on the strength of a crop-destroying evening, leaving the morning spotted, dry and poorly productive. Anthory looked net blotched at breakfast, his complexion giving away the previous night's harvest. net call signed adj. The drunkenness of one who addresses the entire room with a single call sign. net copped adj. Of a drinker: drunk enough to police the pub's manners, particularly those nobody had breached. Elsie-rose was net copped and reminded the darts team about etiquette between throws. net curtained adj. Drunk to a degree that offers privacy while remaining plainly visible through every gap. net decked adj. A drinker so far gone that every choice appears copied from an online list of approved moves. net earningsed adj. Loosened by drink into spending the take-home pay before taking anything home. net forced adj. Slowed by drink to combining every minor objection into one irresistible argument. net gunned adj. Drunk and firing a capture net at whatever conversation appears least willing to escape. Zaelyn went net gunned and trapped the quietest guest beside the crisps. net incomed adj. Drunk enough to mistake the money left after expenses for permission to spend it. net ionic equationed adj. Drunk in a way that removes everyone uninvolved and leaves only the argument reacting.