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NDB'd adj. Drunk to the point where every direction is broadcast equally and none contains encoded guidance home. Treshun went NDB'd at the junction, indicating all routes with equal confidence and no useful bearing. NDC'd adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each correction of balance produces a smaller correction, eventually. Dresean was NDC'd on the stairs, swaying less with every increasingly deliberate adjustment. NDD'd adj. Having drunk more than the available conversation can supply, and looking for outdoors instead. Rynette got NDD'd and inspected the garden for behavioural improvement. NDE'd adj. Of a drinker: detached from the body, with the route to the lavatory appearing unusually luminous. Prescilla was NDE'd and watched her own hand search for the door handle. NDEered adj. Describing a drinker who has returned from the bar with the conviction that the journey home was nearly fatal. Daisie-mai came back NDEered, describing the stairs as an event from which she had narrowly emerged. NDErred adj. A drinker who has survived the queue, the last orders bell and the walk to the taxi rank. Eleftheria emerged NDErred from the closing pub, clutching a receipt like evidence. NDF'd adj. Reduced by drink to forwarding no clear direction, while settling every conversational exchange in cash. Jackeline went NDF'd on the staircase and negotiated each landing without establishing a route. NDGA'd adj. Having drunk enough to preserve the evening chemically, though not its dignity. Lirim got NDGA'd and attempted to preserve the last olive for posterity. NDL'd adj. Too drunk to identify the safe limit, let alone remain within it. Keiji was NDL'd, well beyond sensible limits and still negotiating with the bar staff. NDM'd adj. A drinker so far gone that the vehicle home has become a non-driving motor. Stefoni was NDM'd and accepted the parked taxi as a complete transport solution. NDM-1'd adj. The state of being drunk and resistant to every proposed cure, including water, sleep and sensible advice. Noahh woke NDM-1'd, resistant to water, toast and Saorlaith's carefully timed suggestions. NDMA'd adj. Drunk and proceeding by a short, potent sequence of movements with unexpected consequences. Laqwan went NDMA'd on the landing and opened three doors before finding the bathroom. NDN'd adj. Slowed by drink to exchanging the customary nod with the next-door neighbour at considerable length. Jerjuan became NDN'd and took four minutes to acknowledge the neighbour across the landing. NDP'd adj. Sharpened by drink into treating household output as a personal measure of national prosperity. Joliana went NDP'd and assessed the kitchen's contribution to the nation's wealth. NDPB'd adj. Loosened by drink into a public body with no department willing to accept responsibility for its movements. Zerelda was NDPB'd on the stairs, with several friends overseeing her but none directing the operation. NDPE'd adj. The state of being drunk and promising ethical restraint while making remarkably poor choices. Chakita got NDPE'd and announced strict principles before ordering another round.