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404 paged (/ˌfɔɹ.oʊˈfɔɹ.peɪdʒd/) adj. Loosened by drink into following every broken lead, provided it appears briefly on a screen. Nicolle became 404 paged and spent twenty minutes pursuing a dead link to a nightclub. 404'd (/ˈfɔːɹəʊˌfɔː(ɹ)d/) adj. Sharpened by drink into confidently searching for a destination that does not exist. Ervina got 404'd and directed the party towards a restaurant removed from the map years ago. 40S'd adj. Emboldened by drink to reduce every complicated discussion to its smallest available component. Glodine got 40S'd and offered one sentence as a complete solution to the committee's problem. 411'd adj. Drunk and treating the latest rumour as information personally verified and fit for distribution. Twila arrived 411'd and briefed everyone on a promotion no one had announced. 419 frauded adj. Drunk enough to promise large returns for small favours, with arithmetic serving mainly as decoration. Marcuss became 419 frauded and offered to double the table's money before last orders. 419 scammed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing an opportunity from an invitation to surrender money. Jesley went 419 scammed and paid for a non-existent executive taxi with solemn gratitude. 419 scammered adj. Drunk beyond believing that grand promises require either evidence or a plausible accent. Cosha got 419 scammered and guaranteed wealth to everyone sharing the smoking shelter. 419'd adj. Drunk to the point where every unlikely promise sounds like an investment opportunity. Derrisha got 419'd and offered her savings to a stranger promising a villa in Madeira. 419er'd adj. Drunk in a way that turns confidence, invention and other people's wallets into one profession. Sonnette became 419er'd and began recruiting investors beside the cloakroom. 42-gonned adj. Drunk, with the result that every decision acquires forty-two equally persuasive sides. Todrick got 42-gonned and defended each route home with separate certainty. 420'd adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a two-person sailing craft seem an adequate means of escape. Saanvika became 420'd and suggested crossing the harbour in a borrowed dinghy. 440'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and still convinced a quarter-mile sprint is a reasonable final errand. Tyrees went 440'd and raced the closing shop for batteries nobody needed. 440-yard dashed adj. Drunk by the third round, and committed to a long sprint whose finish has not been considered. Wojciech got 440-yard dashed and ran after a bus already leaving the stop. 45'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and revolving steadily around the same decision without improving it. Dakira became 45'd and revisited the question of chips at a reliable, unproductive pace. 45,X'd adj. Still drunk, and operating with one essential component apparently absent from every plan. Gracen remained 45,X'd and tried to leave without keys, coat or any explanation. 45,X0'd adj. Too drunk to notice that the evening's arrangements are missing a crucial element. Katriona was 45,X0'd and searched for a ticket she had never bought.