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7 Up caked adj. Slowed by drink to the dense, sweet persistence of a party dessert nobody has requested twice. Chellie became 7 Up caked and occupied the sofa like an unfinished celebration. 7 Upped adj. Loosened by drink into a cheerful soft drink of the peace, incapable of keeping a serious meeting serious. Busby got 7 Upped and turned the residents' meeting into a discussion of lemon flavours. 7 and 7'd adj. The state of being drunk and convinced that whisky with fizzy lemonade is a balanced policy. Hopelynn got 7 and 7'd and appointed the nearest bottle as her financial adviser. 7'd adj. Reduced by drink to performing two complete turns before locating the ground. Marie-may went 7'd beside the coat stand and regarded the landing as optional. 7-10 splitted adj. Drunk and leaving only the two least convenient people standing between you and a quiet departure. Kassandra went 7-10 splitted, with the landlord and the taxi driver left to clear up. 7-11'd adj. Drunk enough to treat the nearest convenience shop as a social venue and its cashier as a confidant. Letrisha got 7-11'd and told the night cashier about her former flatmate's finances. 7-6 suspensioned adj. Drunk to the point where each suspended conversation resolves downward, usually onto whoever is nearest. Shaaron got 7-6 suspensioned and let every unfinished remark fall onto the barmaid. 7-Elevened (/ˌsɛvən əˈlɛvənd/) adj. Drunk past the point of recognising a convenience shop as somewhere to buy things rather than somewhere to belong. Monell got 7-Elevened and joined the overnight cashier's discussion about sandwiches. 7-day fevered adj. Drunk beyond ordinary sociability, spreading through the gathering until everyone has been made part of the illness. Pansey became 7-day fevered and infected the whole wedding table with repeated introductions. 7-day measlesed adj. Drunk in a way that spots every gathering with an indiscriminate rash of interruptions. Halea got 7-day measlesed and broke out across six separate conversations before pudding. 7-dehydrocholesteroled adj. Drunk, with the result that prolonged exposure to company converts you into something increasingly unsuitable for daylight. Evadine got 7-dehydrocholesteroled and remained at the barbecue until the neighbours complained. 7-gonned adj. Drunk to a degree that gives every disagreement seven sides and leaves six people to settle it. Declynn got 7-gonned and appointed seven positions on the question of whose taxi it was. 7-hydroxymitragynined adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming an obscure plant compound in human company, active long after introductions should have ended. Callem got 7-hydroxymitragynined and kept the neighbours discussing him after he had left. 70's'd adj. The condition of a drinker who has returned, in manner and furnishings, to the decade of platform shoes. Nocholas became 70's'd and asked whether the television had a wood surround. 70-gonned adj. The state of being drunk and acquiring seventy distinct sides before sitting down. Elbern spent the evening turning corners that were not there, distinctly 70-gonned. 70s'd adj. The drunkenness of one who has made the seventies a personal period of historical residence. Guillermina grew 70s'd and spent ten minutes locating the telephone cord.