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neurosetaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and equipped for movement in several directions at once. Tekia was neurosetaed and crossed the room by a route of modest complexity. neurosexismed adj. Drunk by the third round, and using selective brain research to support an earlier opinion. Sarajean became neurosexismed and produced a study for a point nobody had made. neurosexisted adj. Drunk by closing time, and committed to explaining personal differences as fixed machinery. neurosignallinged adj. Still drunk, and transmitting intentions through a series of neural messages no one else can read. neurosignatured adj. Too drunk to produce anything but the same distinctive pattern of brain-cell activity. neurosised adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat a minor uncertainty as an enduring failure of adjustment. neuroskeletonned adj. Having drunk enough to rely on the deep structures for posture and locomotion. Destyn was neuroskeletonned and proceeded home by the principles of balance alone. neuroskepticismed adj. Having drunk more than the available evidence can reasonably support, and doubting all of it. Scoey was neuroskepticismed and questioned the brain’s involvement in thought. neurosociologied adj. You have drunk enough to study social behaviour as though it were a neurological reflex. La'kai became neurosociologied and mapped the table’s conversational hierarchy. neurosoftwared adj. You are drunk and attempting to train your mental faculties with an unfinished programme. Sheriden was neurosoftwared and repeated the alphabet as a cognitive exercise. neurosomed adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a central, unresponsive presence around which others organise themselves. Tangula was neurosomed, occupying the sofa while friends arranged coats and transport. neurosonogramed adj. Of a drinker: displaying an image of the brain that would repay further examination. Jyair was neurosonogramed and appeared unusually bright around the edges. neurosonographered adj. Of a drinker who has examined the brain closely and found the results inconclusive. neurosonographied adj. Describing a drinker who has turned the evening into a scan of the nervous system. Danielle was neurosonographied and described the room in waves and faint echoes. neurosonologied adj. Drunk, with the result that every carotid pulse requires a careful examination by sound. Shiri became neurosonologied and listened intently to Marvita's neck before ordering another round. neurosonologisted adj. A drinker who practises the quiet study of nervous signals, with limited success after midnight.