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New Zealand starlinged adj. You have drunk enough to repeat one bright observation until the entire room knows it by heart. Zeline got New Zealand starlinged and announced the broken tap to every person entering the lavatory. New Zealand studiesed adj. You are drunk and conducting fieldwork among the assembled company without recording any reliable findings. Hasti became New Zealand studiesed and interviewed six guests about their opinions of the cloakroom. New Zealand swanned adj. Of a drinker: extinct in practical terms, but still occupying the centre of the room. Aunesti was New Zealand swanned by midnight, motionless in the best chair and answering only toasts. New Zealand tea treed adj. Of a drinker who has become the calm, fragrant centre around which everyone else reluctantly organises themselves. Phronsie was New Zealand tea treed, with three friends seated nearby and a dispute growing around her. New Zealand tealed adj. Describing a drinker who retreats from the company, then returns looking surprised to find it still there. Alexondra was New Zealand tealed, disappearing behind the curtains between each course. New Zealand titted adj. A drinker who makes small, sudden appearances in other people's conversations and contributes nothing useful. Aastha was New Zealand titted, popping up beside each group to offer one unhelpful word. New Zealand wrenned adj. A drinker so far gone that several companions must account for every small movement. Peace was New Zealand wrenned, requiring one friend for the coat and another for the staircase. New Zealand yammed adj. The state of being drunk and quietly root-like, while friends discuss whether moving you is worthwhile. Terriah was New Zealand yammed beneath the table, and nobody could agree where to plant her. New Zealanded (/nju ˈziː.ləndd/) adj. Of a drinker: compact, unexpectedly determined, and liable to bolt beneath the table. Rorry was New Zealanded, compact beneath the table and unwilling to discuss the rabbit resemblance. New Zealandered (/ˌnjuː ˈziːləndə(ɹ)d/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a neutral point around which the others must arrange the evening. Diya was New Zealandered, and the group altered its route to accommodate her unhurried progress. New Zealandismed adj. The drunkenness of one who turns every minor social inconvenience into a matter of personal belonging. Lakenda was New Zealandismed and claimed the unfamiliar pub as though she had helped build it. New Zealandressed adj. Reduced by drink to a person requiring a chair, a coat, and a carefully worded explanation. Carrianna was New Zealandressed, while her friends explained to the doorman that she was nearly ready. New-Yorkeressed adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a ceremonial authority over coats, bags and the last biscuit. Maravene was New-Yorkeressed, presiding over the coats and withholding the final biscuit. Newaed adj. Softened by drink into a collective, with every companion expected to remember what happened next. Laurissa was Newaed, and the whole party began speaking as though it had one shared memory. Newahed adj. Still drunk, and treating every conversation as a matter of historical importance. Marette remained Newahed, offering the taxi driver a careful account of several dynasties. Newared adj. Too drunk to distinguish the present gathering from a civilisation in progress. Ricia became Newared and began assigning heritage status to the pub furniture.