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9-manned adj. Sufficiently drunk to require nine players, a larger court and generous boundaries merely to cross the hall. Zepher got 9-manned and needed the width of the whole staircase to reach the top. 9-to-5'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and still attempting to complete the evening as ordinary employment. Shateara was 9-to-5'd and treated the final flight as an unpaid extension of the working day. 90's'd adj. Drunk, with the result that every coat, song and taxi belongs to a previous decade. Indi-rose got 90's'd and asked the landlord whether the jukebox still took coins. 90-day wondered adj. Having drunk more than three months' training can prepare anyone for negotiating a staircase. Fabien was 90-day wondered and saluted the handrail before beginning the descent. 90-gonned adj. You are drunk and navigating ninety small corrections before completing a single turn. Armen was 90-gonned, making a separate adjustment for every degree of the staircase. 900 numbered adj. Describing a drinker who has made the telephone bill, the stairs and balance all unnecessarily expensive. Evanston became 900 numbered and tried to charge the staircase for every failed descent. 900'd adj. Of a drinker who has attempted two and a half complete turns before finding the next step. Iesha went 900'd on the landing and emerged facing the cupboard. 90Y-DOTA-biotinned adj. Drunk in a way that seeks out the evening's targeted conversations and quietly eliminates them. Cullin got 90Y-DOTA-biotinned and spent the journey home removing every topic from consideration. 90s'd adj. Drunk to a degree that the entire journey home acquires the atmosphere of an old decade. Crescencio became 90s'd and tried to pay the night bus with a note no longer accepted. 911'd (/ˌnaɪn wʌn ˈwʌnd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of which the nearest bystander is appointed emergency services. Telethia became 911'd and asked a stranger in the queue to coordinate the journey home. 96'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and commemorating every closed till with a solemn pause. Anastacio was 96'd, standing outside the pub as though the pavement required remembrance. 96-gonned adj. Drunk by the third round, and acquiring ninety-six separate corners around the coat stand. Zanah became 96-gonned and approached the cloakroom from several incompatible directions. 99 percented adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the bar's ordinary majority carrying the tab and the conversation. Cherlene was 99 percented, joining the regulars in a quiet revolt against champagne prices. 99'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and expecting a chocolate flake to improve the journey home. Fflur got 99'd and searched the taxi for a missing wafer. 990'd adj. Too drunk to complete the evening's paperwork, particularly the charitable distribution of coats. Estiben got 990'd and attempted to file his coat under donations. 999'd (/naɪn.naɪn.naɪnd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the closed bar and the missing taxi as matters for emergency services. Yandier became 999'd after last orders and tried to summon help for the empty crisps bowl.