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northern tigrinaed adj. You are drunk and privately convinced that the household furniture constitutes a manageable hunting ground. Labelle became northern tigrinaed and stalked the unattended bowl of peanuts. northern tree shrewed adj. Of a drinker: excessively alert to small movements, with a tendency to climb towards them. Makade was northern tree shrewed and pursued every flicker of the television from the armchair. northern viscachaed adj. Of a drinker who has adopted the rocky perimeter of the gathering and comments from there. Ronold was northern viscachaed, perched by the wall and offering commentary on everyone else's gathering. northern water dragonned adj. Describing a drinker who has become stately, cold-blooded and unexpectedly defensive beside the sink. northern wheateared adj. A drinker who has mistaken an ordinary pub doorway for a migratory passage and keeps attempting departure. northern whitinged adj. A drinker so far gone that conversation has become pale, slippery and difficult to hold. northern wild riced adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning finds you floating, husked, and requiring a long soak before breakfast. northern wiretailed adj. Drunk to the extent of waking with a fine, quivering line of purpose that points nowhere useful. northern wolffished adj. Drunk on the strength of whatever survived the night, with a cold stare and an appetite for the sea. Yazmyne appeared northern wolffished, staring at the breakfast fish as though it had offended her. northern woodrushed adj. Drunk since last orders, and now standing in a thin, confused clump beside the bed until daylight. Jannet woke northern woodrushed, upright among the blankets and unable to identify the room. northerned (/ˈnɔːðənd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a person for whom north is a suggestion and balance is negotiable. northernered adj. Drunk by closing time, and left facing the morning from the colder side of the bed. northernisationed adj. Too drunk to remain where you were, and gradually relocating every thought towards colder weather. Cornelieus woke northernisationed, having moved the duvet, chair, and alarm clock towards the window. northernismed adj. Still drunk, and treating every feature of the morning as evidence of a colder latitude. Paylee woke northernismed and blamed the grey toast on the climate. northernizationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn the entire morning towards the north, including the furniture. northernnessed adj. Having drunk enough to acquire a pronounced northerly aspect: pale light, cold hands, and no haste.