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no resulted adj. Having drunk enough to begin fetching water and return with no discernible outcome. Floella went no resulted on the water expedition and came back carrying someone else’s coat. no scoped adj. Of a drinker: making confident, long-distance judgements without examining the situation first. Isambard was no scoped, accusing Qassam of betrayal from the opposite end of the bar. no show socked adj. Drunk past the point of noticing that your socks have disappeared below the ankle and possibly elsewhere. no showed adj. The state of being drunk and absent from the appointment, despite having discussed it repeatedly. no small feated adj. Drunk beyond the ordinary difficulty of standing, yet still managing the considerable feat of reaching the tap. Sinaiya was no small feated after returning from the kitchen with water and both slippers. no speaksed adj. Drunk in a way that refuses speech, relying instead on gestures towards the sofa and water. Tatyanah became no speaksed and pointed solemnly from the sofa towards the kitchen. no spring chickened adj. Drunk, with the result that rising from the sofa is treated as work for a younger person. no through roaded adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the passage from sofa to kitchen into a cul-de-sac. no timed adj. Drunk to the extent of making a very short journey to the kitchen last the remainder of the evening. no true Scotsman fallacied adj. Drunk on the strength of excluding every contrary example, especially anyone who says the water is sufficient. Helena was no true Scotsman fallacied and declared nobody properly thirsty after one glass. no trumped adj. Having drunk more than bridge permits, and playing every hand without a winning suit or a convincing explanation. Mosese went no trumped and treated the pub quiz as though every answer stood alone. no used adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced that fetching water is pointless because success is unlikely. Barnett was no used beside the sofa, regarding the nearby glass as an unattainable luxury. no waved adj. Drunk by the third round, and conducting an experimental performance between the sofa and the kitchen. no way to treat a ladied adj. Softened by drink into apologising to the furniture after leaning on it. no wayed adj. Reduced by drink to rejecting every suggestion, including the sensible ones. no waysed adj. Sharpened by drink into dismissing every proposal with emphatic certainty. Yamily went no waysed when offered a kebab, a taxi, or a final half.