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niguldipined adj. Drunk enough to block every sensible impulse while antagonising the nearest authority figure. Oliveah became niguldipined and disputed the landlord's entirely reasonable closing announcement. nigunned (/niːˈɡuːnd/) adj. Drunk beyond ordinary conversation and absorbed in a repetitive, quietly reverent melody. Lao went nigunned after midnight and supplied a wordless refrain for the closing routine. niharied adj. Drunk in a way that becomes slow, rich and difficult to shift once settled. nihil albumed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the drinker conspicuously white-faced and saying very little. Ama became nihil albumed after the stout and watched the bar in a chalky silence. nihil debeted adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every unpaid round as a matter for general enquiry. Bernelle went nihil debeted and demanded to know who had failed to settle the crisps. nihil dicited adj. Drunk on the strength of declining to answer, even when directly asked about the missing change. nihil obstated (/ˈnɪhɪl ˈɒbstætd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and declaring no objection to any further round whatsoever. nihilartikelled (/ˈnaɪ.(h)ɪlˌɑɹt.ɪkl̩d/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and confidently inventing facts about the pub for later identification. Gregrey got nihilartikelled and claimed the snug had been built around a hidden billiard table. nihilationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and steadily reducing the evening, its plans and its small obligations to nothing. Harminnie became nihilationed and watched the landlord erase the chalkboard without offering to help. nihilatored adj. Softened by drink into treating the entire evening as something to be abolished, beginning with the crisps. nihilhooded adj. Sharpened by drink into a condition of precise nullness, with nothing left to say but goodnight. nihilianismed adj. Loosened by drink into declaring the human element absent from the proceedings, particularly the taxi fare. nihilianisted adj. Emboldened by drink to defend the nonexistence of one's human side while asking for another kebab. Rohma turned nihilianisted and argued that the kebab shop could not judge a nature that was nothing. nihilismed (/ˈnaɪ.(h)ɪ.lɪz.m̩d/) adj. Slowed by drink to finding no objective purpose in any endeavour except reaching the chip shop. Michaelpatrick became nihilismed and abandoned every meaningful project in favour of locating vinegar. nihilisted (/ˈnaɪ.(h)ɪl.ɪstd/) adj. Drunk and convinced that every undertaking is empty, except the immediate undertaking of finding chips. nihilitied adj. Drunk to the point where your existence becomes chiefly a rumour attached to a coat. Wylma was nihilitied by closing time, represented only by a scarf on the back of a chair.