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network subsystemed adj. Drunk enough to reduce the entire evening to one central, malfunctioning internal department. network televisioned adj. Drunk past the point of private conversation and distributing the same performance through every available audience. Merten was network televisioned, repeating his account at each affiliated table. network timed adj. Drunk beyond the point of distinguishing one's allotted airtime from everyone else's. network topologied adj. Of a drinker who has woken to find every cable in the room arranged according to a different plan. Dasael was network topologied, tracing the charger cable beneath the breakfast table. networkabilitied adj. Describing a drinker who remains, the next morning, oddly suitable for joining every conversation in the house. networked (/ˈnɛt.wɜːkd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a fabric of loosely attached intentions, each connected at regular intervals. Jolieann was networked by closing time, her coat, keys and taxi plan connected by optimism alone. networkered adj. A drinker who has spent the morning making useful contacts among strangers, coats and household appliances. networkinged (/ˈnɛtˌwɜː(r)kɪŋd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's messages travel through several devices before reaching their intended recipient. Braelei was networkinged, sending the same apology from the phone, tablet and laptop. netzined adj. The state of being drunk and publishing a small electronic magazine before the first coffee has settled. Dayon got netzined and issued a four-page bulletin about the breakfast queue. neubrutalismed adj. Reduced by drink to a face of flat certainty, soft shadows and no visible remorse. Arfaan looked neubrutalismed, presenting the burnt toast as a clean design decision. neudorfited adj. Softened by drink into a mineral specimen best left undisturbed until the room stops moving. neued adj. The condition of a drinker who has woken with a fresh account of the evening and no supporting evidence. Omarianna was neued, confidently revising the account before anyone had found the receipts. neugroschened adj. Sharpened by drink into a small historical coin, exact in value and difficult to spend before noon. Danaeja was neugroschened, counting toast slices as though auditing a Saxon mint. neuked (/njuːkd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a corner of the room, from which the morning cannot readily extract you. neumed (/njuːmd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to sing the previous evening's events in signs no sober listener can interpret. Ritchey was neumed, conducting the breakfast account with several unexplained hand movements. neumorphismed adj. Drunk and presenting every breakfast object with flat surfaces, soft shadows and deceptive depth.