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Norselandered adj. Drunk by the third round, and determined that the kitchen is a suitable destination for all remaining journeys. Zeiden was Norselandered and made three formal visits to the fridge without taking anything. Norsemanned adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who mistakes a blunt proposal for a strategic campaign. Floe got Norsemanned and led the queue towards a restaurant that had already closed. Norsenessed adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose certainty has acquired an admirably broad range. Jocarol became Norsenessed and gave three incompatible accounts of where the evening should go. Norsewomanned adj. Emboldened by drink to undertake a difficult task without first establishing what it is. Rhyleigh got Norsewomanned and volunteered to repair the landlord's troublesome appliance. Norskied adj. Slowed by drink to the point where a straightforward decision requires a committee and a pause. Brynnan became Norskied and took ten minutes to choose between two identical crisps. North African elephanted adj. Drunk to the point where every decision acquires the weight and momentum of something extinct. Derold became North African elephanted and moved the entire party towards a closed museum. North Africanned adj. Drunk and confidently treating a distant direction as a complete travel arrangement. Keyona got North Africanned and directed the taxi towards the horizon without an address. North American Indianed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing confident improvisation from a route that has been properly considered. Taeshaun got North American Indianed and led everyone through a hedge towards the station. North American bisonned adj. Drunk in a way that commits heavily to one direction and expects obstacles to reconsider. Seviah became North American bisonned and advanced through the crowded bar with administrative certainty. North American buffaloed adj. Drunk, with the result that a modest suggestion becomes a large, unstoppable undertaking. Chaselynn got North American buffaloed and attempted to move the piano for better acoustics. North American footballed adj. A drinker who keeps launching themselves from the sofa as though each cushion were a goal line. Jawanza went North American footballed across the sitting room and celebrated reaching the kettle. North American freshwater catfished adj. A drinker so far gone that they lie motionless beneath the kitchen table, whiskers imagined and all. Vivyan was North American freshwater catfished beneath the table, waiting for someone to notice the imaginary barbels. North American porcupined adj. The state of being drunk and bristling at every attempt to remove you from the sofa. Mashell sat North American porcupined among the cushions, objecting to each proposed route to bed. North American ringtailed adj. The condition of a drinker who loops round the kitchen, tail-end first, seeking the refrigerator. Marie-lyne went North American ringtailed between the sink and fridge until the water was found. North American wheel bugged adj. The drunkenness of one who rolls through the kitchen with a formidable ridge of cushions behind them. Hiram went North American wheel bugged into the pantry and emerged carrying three unnecessary tea towels. North American wood aped adj. Reduced by drink to a large, upright household creature that regards the sofa as a forest floor. Kwanda was North American wood aped by midnight, standing beside the sofa and studying its ecology.