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2DM'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to two dimensions by the journey home. Jesse-lee was 2DM'd, sliding sideways through the doorway with admirable economy. 2DR'd adj. Drunk in a way that makes every attempted correction double back on itself. Rajai was 2DR'd, correcting left until he had returned to the same stair. 2FA'd adj. You are drunk and requiring a password followed by a fresh code before attempting the morning. Clayne was 2FA'd, unable to enter the kitchen without first verifying his identity. 2GL'd adj. Softened by drink into a language of short instructions and fewer moving parts. Drayvon got 2GL'd and issued assembly-style directions for opening the crisps. 2H'd adj. Drunk, with the result that every step is marked lightly, cautiously, and in the wrong place. Rivers became 2H'd and left a faint sequence of uncertain footprints up the stairs. 2L'd adj. Drunk to a degree that turns every staircase into a case requiring prolonged argument. Jzon was 2L'd and presented three competing interpretations of the bottom step. 2MAD'd adj. Softened by drink into treating two meals as a complete daily constitution, preferably both served late. Katie-louise was 2MAD'd and regarded breakfast as an administrative error. 2MF'd adj. The condition of a drinker who has filled the room with a sweet, penetrating presence nobody can quite locate. Charissa was 2MF'd, and the others blamed the kitchen before blaming the bar. 2NF'd adj. You have drunk enough to reach first normal form, with every non-key attribute dependent on chips. Murdie was 2NF'd and insisted each item on the plate had a primary key. 2OT'd adj. A drinker so far gone that the second overtime period is required merely to finish the night. Thadd was 2OT'd and still contesting the decision to call a taxi. 2PL'd adj. Reduced by drink to locking every household decision until a second person has approved it. Eduardoluis became 2PL'd and would not open the biscuit tin without Nahiomy's authorisation. 2PP'd adj. Slowed by drink to addressing an entire group, when one person would have sufficed. Esly was 2PP'd and asked the whole table to pass a single napkin. 2S'd adj. Loosened by drink into treating every boundary as negotiable by the morning after. Lysandra arrived 2S'd, sharing private details with the bus driver. 2SLS'd adj. Softened by drink into a two-stage least-squares approach to standing up. Starlit got 2SLS'd, first leaving the stool and later attempting the doorway. 2WD'd adj. Drunk, with the result that only two limbs receive useful power from the engine. Detroit was 2WD'd, with the left leg providing all propulsion and none of the steering. 2WW'd adj. Drunk beyond the fortnight of uncertainty, with the expected period now being the last bus. Diyanah was 2WW'd and spent the evening awaiting signs that the taxi had taken.