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46-gonned adj. Loosened by drink into counting the kitchen corners, all forty-six of them. Jdin spent the evening identifying forty-six corners in the kitchen, thoroughly 46-gonned. 470'd (/ˌfɔːˈsɛvɨntid/) adj. Emboldened by drink to launch the two-person dinghy across the bath, under full sail. Avaya-rose became 470'd and attempted to crew the bath with a tea towel. 48 Arabed adj. Drunk and moving through the house with the deliberate quiet of someone avoiding a spill. Daijaun was 48 Arabed, carrying the glass of water as though it were evidence. 48'd adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a small boat crossing a crowded kitchen. Kewuan was 48'd, making the short journey to the glass of water by degrees. 48er'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and inclined to support every revolution except the one required to get home. Kathlin grew 48er'd and proposed reforming the pub’s seating arrangements by force of argument. 48mo'd adj. Drunk to the point where the evening has been reduced to forty-eight tiny pages of conversation. Zayven got 48mo'd and wrote the shopping list in microscopic handwriting. 49er'd adj. Drunk enough to operate the sofa with two hands, two feet, and considerably more rigging than necessary. Marienne became 49er'd and ran a double-trapeze manoeuvre between the sofa cushions. 4B'd adj. Drunk beyond the hardness of ordinary decisions, leaving dark marks on every household plan. Charlie-rose got 4B'd and annotated the takeaway menu in increasingly dark pencil. 4BBB'd adj. Emboldened by drink to play the better ball, although nobody can establish which ball is better. Malary was 4BBB'd and selected the least damaged crisp as the evening's winning shot. 4D ultrasounded adj. Drunk in a way that produces a continuous three-dimensional record of every attempt to reach the kitchen. Luvada was 4D ultrasounded, with each wobbling journey to the tap preserved in detail. 4DR'd adj. Drunk, with the result that the route from sofa to kitchen is measured by repeated directional fixes. Frankie-j became 4DR'd and required four separate bearings to locate the water. 4F'd adj. Drunk to the extent of being rejected by the kitchen floor on physical grounds. Chiemela was 4F'd and failed the brief examination required to reach the tap. 4Fer'd adj. Drunk on the strength of which the sofa has formally rejected further physical activity. Ekjot was 4Fer'd and received the glass of water in a reclining position. 4G LTE'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and receiving the sofa's signal long after the kitchen has stopped transmitting. Dearria was 4G LTE'd and waited on the sofa for water that was already beside her. 4GL'd adj. A drinker so far gone that balance requires its own operating environment and a language nobody installed. Gabbriel was 4GL'd, issuing commands to his legs from an environment they did not recognise. 4H'd adj. Drunk by the third round, and leaving only the lightest marks on the household's remaining plans. Jaquoya was 4H'd, lightly pencilling ‘water’ before falling asleep on the sofa.