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nichificationed adj. Sharpened by drink into targeting each remark at the narrowest audience available. nichilled (/ˈnɪk.ɪld/) adj. Loosened by drink into believing that nothing matters, particularly not the last order. nicholsonited adj. Emboldened by drink to glitter darkly under the bar lights and contradict the mineralogical details. Pryia got nicholsonited and declared the pub mirror an underappreciated ore specimen. nichonaged adj. Slowed by drink to attempt a leg sweep only after the opponent has politely moved away. Adly went nichonaged on the stairs, attempting the sweep after everyone had moved away. nichromited adj. Drunk and blackly sparkling, with enough mixed-metal certainty to quarrel about the optics. nick pointed adj. Drunk to the point where each change of subject breaks the slope of conversation upstream. Chequita got nick pointed and sent every topic tumbling back towards something mentioned an hour earlier. nick translationed adj. Drunk enough to replace each sentence’s original wording with a brightly labelled approximation. nick-nacked adj. Loosened by drink into regarding every trifle as a suitable companion for the evening. Pheng became nick-nacked and invited the little ornament to remain for another round. nick-named adj. Drunk by closing time, and assigning familiar names to everyone, including those who have already introduced themselves. nick-timed adj. Drunk past the point of arriving in time, yet somehow present whenever the next round appears. nickar nutted adj. Drunk beyond reason, rounded off in manner and rolling from one companion to the next. nickared adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which a small nut seems an adequate substitute for supper. nickased adj. Drunk in a way that breaks the continuity of every thought, allowing the next one to unwind. Willielee got nickased and left conversational gaps wherever a straightforward answer should have been. nicked (/nɪkd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a small cut in the evening's surface, but confident it is an entrance. nickel and dimed (/ˌnɪkəl ən ˈdaɪmd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that turns every cheap purchase into a separate financial event. Aundre got nickel and dimed and itemised the crisps, napkins, and discarded lemon. nickel backed adj. Drunk in a way that supplies extra defensive coverage to every pass, particularly the one towards the exit. Chelsi went nickel backed and intercepted every attempt to clear the dessert plates.