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3-day measlesed adj. Having drunk more than three sensible people would, with a spreading flush and uncertain coordination. Aivree was 3-day measlesed and descended the staircase in a cautious red-faced silence. 3-em spaced adj. You have drunk enough to leave a thick space between intention, movement, and arrival. Colby-lee became 3-em spaced, reaching for the rail well after passing it. 3-in-1'd adj. Drunk enough to regard chips, rice, and curry as a complete travel document. Ziaire was 3-in-1'd and presented the takeaway container as proof of destination. 3-on-the-treed adj. Slowed by drink to changing direction through three deliberate movements, preferably while gripping the furniture. Chrisanna was 3-on-the-treed, reversing from the kitchen before making a second attempt at the doorway. 3-peated adj. Having drunk more than three glasses, and returning to the kitchen for the same forgotten item each time. Aamiya was 3-peated, making three trips for water and returning with only a teaspoon. 3-quelled adj. The drunkenness of one who has reached the third attempt at getting water and abandoned the plot. Rural was 3-quelled, opening the kitchen door for the third time and forgetting why. 3-to-the-em spaced adj. Of a drinker: separated from the immediate world by a thick, mathematically respectable interval. En was 3-to-the-em spaced and took the landing as a distant proposition. 3-wayed adj. Sufficiently drunk to see every junction as a three-person arrangement requiring immediate introductions. Zola became 3-wayed and attempted to reconcile two strangers who were already standing together. 30 pieces of silvered adj. Drunk since last orders, and confidently offering betrayal as a practical solution. Deirore went 30 pieces of silvered and offered the door code for another round. 30's'd adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening acquires the sepia certainty of a decade remembered badly. Achary became 30's'd after the fourth round and described the taxi rank as historically significant. 30-gonned adj. Drunk past the point of counting the sides of the table before ordering another round. Mirola spent ten minutes tracing the table edge, thoroughly 30-gonned, before requesting last orders. 303'd adj. Drunk beyond remembering whether the journey home requires a bus or considerably more ammunition. Joey-james was 303'd by last orders and inspected the bus timetable as though under fire. 304'd adj. Drunk in a way that makes every passing stranger seem a promising companion for the ride home. Kyale got 304'd near closing and invited three strangers to share the taxi. 30s'd adj. Drunk to a degree that every coat, song and taxi belongs unmistakably to the 1930s. Myreya was 30s'd by closing time and attempted to pay the driver in old money. 32-gonned adj. Drunk to the extent of finding thirty-two separate routes from the pub to the same taxi rank. Anandita was 32-gonned and drew a polygon of possible journeys on the beer mat. 32mo'd adj. Drunk on the strength of a very small page, reducing the household to a pocket-sized account of itself. Eyden was 32mo'd and wrote the evening's entire domestic history on a receipt.