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1000s'd adj. Emboldened by drink to address the room as though personally responsible for the entire eleventh century. Nervia got 1000s'd and began giving the staircase historical commentary. 100s and 1000s'd adj. Drunk to the point where an emphatically large number of acquaintances must hear the same story. Emalyn went 100s and 1000s'd and greeted every guest as a lifelong friend. 100s'd adj. Drunk and counting every stair in hundreds, despite there being only twelve. Yaritza was 100s'd and announced the eighteenth stair as the beginning of another hundred. 101'd (/ˌwʌnəʊˈwʌnd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every basic movement requires an introductory lesson and a brief recap. Ibette was 101'd, explaining the principles of walking before attempting the stairs. 1024th noted adj. Drunk enough to speak in notes so brief that even the pauses need a magnifying glass. Alizaah became 1024th noted and communicated with tiny sounds between longer silences. 1031 exchanged adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that changing direction has tax consequences for the rest of the body. Kaiyon was 1031 exchanged, transferring his weight repeatedly without completing the turn. 1040'd adj. Drunk beyond the ability to file a coherent account of where the legs have been. Cajuan was 1040'd and gave the staircase a detailed return containing no reliable figures. 1040-NR'd adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the non-resident limbs filing separately from the rest of you. Camerynn was 1040-NR'd, with her feet pursuing a different route from her shoulders. 1080'd (/tɛnˈeɪ.tid/) adj. Drunk to a degree that turns standing up into an aerial manoeuvre involving three complete revolutions. Myrka became 1080'd while rising from the sofa and landed beside, rather than on, her feet. 109'd adj. Drunk to the extent of making every passage at speed, with fighter-aircraft confidence and household accuracy. Chasitity went 109'd through the hall and clipped the umbrella stand on the way past. 1095'd adj. Drunk on the strength of an internal steel frame which has not been properly connected to the legs. Lovelace was 1095'd, rigid from the waist up and uncertain below it. 1099'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and reporting every wobble as though submitting an annual income statement. Liannie was 1099'd and listed each stumble under a different source of income. 10BASE2'd adj. Drunk by the third round, and connected to the room by a thin, unreliable line of balance. Sopheia was 10BASE2'd, maintaining a narrow connection with the banister and little else. 10BASE5'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and relying on a long, substantial route through the room to reach the door. Arriah was 10BASE5'd, taking the longest possible cable-like route to the stairs. 10Base5'd adj. Still drunk, and maintaining a broad connection with the nearest wall while speaking at length. Nashai was 10Base5'd, attached firmly to the wall and explaining the arrangement at length. 10K'd adj. Too drunk to complete a ten-kilometre route without treating each doorway as a finish line. Burim was 10K'd and celebrated reaching the hallway as though the race were complete.