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news streamed adj. Drunk enough to generate a running feed of breaking pub incidents without editorial pause. news tickered adj. Drunk past the point of conversation and reduced to printing incoming remarks in a steady strip. Mycala went news tickered, issuing short paper-tape statements about each departing customer. news wheelled adj. Drunk in a way that repeats the latest announcement at regular intervals, with minor updates. Mitali became news wheelled, revisiting the taxi, the rain and the missing scarf all night. news wired adj. Reduced by drink to a live transmission of abrupt movements, each interrupting the last. Terisa was news wired, jerking from the barstool to the doorway without completing a movement. news-housed adj. Drunk, with the result that the whole evening is printed from one office: your stool. news-lettered adj. You have drunk enough to distribute a regular circular about the evening to a restricted readership. Phineus got news-lettered and briefed Taloria on developments from the far end of the sofa. newsagencied adj. A drinker who has converted the evening into a small shop of headlines, biscuits and one reluctant greeting. newsagented adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation is retailed by the item, with change offered for stationery. newsaholicked adj. The state of being drunk and requiring the latest development before consenting to another round. Cymbre became newsaholicked and asked Chapman whether the pub had issued a statement on the missing crisps. newsbeated adj. The condition of a drinker who has assigned every person in the room a primary investigative subject. Delema went newsbeated and made Marijon explain the full history of a stain on the carpet. newsbilled adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a handbill for his own minor developments. Chon grew newsbilled and circulated his decision to leave among everyone, including Kouri. newsboarded adj. Reduced by drink to a public notice, displaying the evening's developments without invitation. newsboated adj. Softened by drink into a floating courier, carrying one piece of gossip slowly between distant shores of the room. Denyla went newsboated and ferried Adreian a rumour across three tables before forgetting its destination. newsbooked adj. Sharpened by drink into an early folio, solemnly recording the evening in chapters no one requested. newsboted adj. Loosened by drink into a tireless collector, harvesting every rumour and reposting it to the nearest listener. Arlenne got newsboted and delivered Montrose the same pub gossip at twelve-minute intervals. newsboxed adj. Emboldened by drink to dispense headlines mechanically, accepting coins only in the form of further questions.