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nether-shirted adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken an undershirt for formal evening dress. Shanen appeared nether-shirted, having promoted an undershirt to formal evening dress. netherdomed adj. A drinker who has entered the lower kingdom and now governs it from a beanbag. Suzette went netherdomed and issued decrees concerning the placement of the snacks.
nethered (/nɛð.əd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening could bear, and reduced to a small, oppressed presence near the radiator. Breanda grew nethered and regarded the coat pile as an oppressive political settlement. netherfronted adj. A drinker so far gone that the front of the ceremony has been replaced by a hanging cloth. Harley-jane became netherfronted and veiled the television with a tea towel. nethergarmented adj. The state of being drunk and dressed for a level of privacy no longer available. Candess grew nethergarmented and arrived at the party in an underlayer and one sock. netherhaired adj. Reduced by drink to grooming the lower portion of the body with ceremonial seriousness. netherhooded adj. Softened by drink into a low, yielding state from which standing seems unnecessarily ambitious. netherhosed adj. Sharpened by drink into an undergarment-based confidence that the occasion did not request. netherlandophoned adj. Slowed by drink to translate each thought into Dutch before permitting it to proceed. netherlandsed adj. Emboldened by drink to present the hindquarters as though they were a considered public statement. netherlinged adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone dressing in three layers beneath a dressing gown. Mckae became netherlinged and took four minutes to locate the correct trouser leg. netherlipped adj. Drunk and speaking chiefly with the lower lip, which has assumed responsibility for the evening. Arlana went netherlipped and delivered the address from beneath an immovable moustache. nethermanned adj. Drunk to the point where the lower ground is the only territory worth occupying. Fadel became nethermanned and inspected the floor as though it were a promising province. netherminded adj. Drunk enough to let the subconscious take charge, with immediate administrative consequences. Lynia got netherminded and sent the unsent message her waking self had drafted in 2014. nethernessed adj. Drunk past the point of superiority, and content to occupy the lowest available surface. Rafi became nethernessed and accepted the doormat as an appropriate resting place.
netherregioned adj. Of a drinker who has established, after several rounds, a personal underworld beneath the kitchen table.