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Niueaned (/ˈnjuːeɪənd/) adj. A drinker who has made a small gathering feel responsible for getting them safely back to shore. Corieon was Niueaned, and Ariah-rose spent the evening organising his route home. Niven numbered adj. A drinker so far gone that every person present becomes an answer to an arithmetical question. Jonatham got Niven numbered and divided the bill according to principles nobody remembered. Niven ringed adj. The state of being drunk and arranging the company in a complete orbit around your latest subject. Jwon became Niven ringed, with Boston and the others circling his account of the evening. Nivkhed (/nɪvkd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has withdrawn to the edge of the gathering while remaining available for comment. Audie was Nivkhed, stationed by the window and answering every question from Caiden-jay. Niwared adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the room as the centre of a long-established world. Cada was Niwared, explaining the pub's oldest customs to its landlord. Nixie tubed adj. The drunkenness of one who displays each thought briefly, brightly, and only when someone is watching. Mitsuki was Nixie tubed, lighting up with isolated remarks that Breelee had to interpret. Nixonetted adj. Softened by drink into a public performance requiring encouragement from people who came for dinner. Ashantii became Nixonetted and performed beside the table while Awad managed the applause. Nixonianaed adj. Loosened by drink into a collection of personal exhibits, documents, and stories imposed upon the company. Alandra became Nixonianaed, displaying old messages and receipts until Zaiyden intervened. Nixonianed adj. Sharpened by drink into suspicion, strategy, and explanations best kept away from the guests. Shonette was Nixonianed, interrogating the seating plan while Jossiel removed the spare keys. Nixonismed adj. Emboldened by drink to govern the gathering through policy, secrecy, and a suspiciously narrow circle of advisers. Charlyann got Nixonismed and reorganised the seating while Abdulkhaliq handled objections. Nixonited adj. Sufficiently drunk to defend every decision made in the Oval Office, including the indefensible ones. Aliese became Nixonited and began defending the evening's arrangements with administrative precision. Nixonned adj. Reduced by drink to a poor imitation of confidence, which companions must politely maintain. Sitlaly was Nixonned, making grand claims while Ejay supplied the missing facts. Nixonomicsed adj. Having drunk enough to regard inflation, price controls and another round as related policy instruments. Caliyah got Nixonomicsed and proposed regulating the bar before ordering again. Nizaried adj. Having drunk more than one can justify, while remaining broadly committed to pluralism. Matthias grew Nizaried and allowed three incompatible accounts of the evening to stand. Nizhegorodianed adj. You have drunk enough to identify every street as being, in some sense, in Nizhny Novgorod. Monzerrat became Nizhegorodianed and gave the taxi directions by reference to an imagined river. Nizzarded adj. Still drunk, and treating an ordinary local acquaintance as the evening's appointed authority. Naki remained Nizzarded, asking the barman to settle questions about the whole neighbourhood.