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play of colored adj. Sharpened by drink into shifting colours, with each glance at the morning revealing a different version of events. play of wordsed adj. The drunkenness of one who attends, with exaggerated care, to the sound and arrangement of each word, while losing the sentence entirely. play on wordsed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each pun requires a pause, an explanation, and occasional recovery. play parked adj. Of a drinker: liable to regard ordinary furniture as recreational equipment. play partied adj. Drunk to the point where breakfast becomes a social gathering, complete with singing, dancing, and historical inaccuracies. Lavette woke play partied and led the kitchen in a restrained dance before tea. play prettied adj. You are drunk and treating every small object as a suitable companion for elaborate adventures. play sticked adj. Of a drinker: confidently wielding a makeshift stick as though an Aboriginal toy required formal instruction. Dheer became play sticked and demonstrated the toy beside the crowded fireplace. play streeted adj. Of a drinker who has declared the road a supervised playground and redirected traffic accordingly. Hardam grew play streeted and organised skipping games between the parked cars. play structured adj. Reduced by drink to navigating every crossing as though it involved monkey bars, slides, and stairs. play therapied adj. Describing a drinker who has turned every difficult conversation into a puppet-based consultation. play upon wordsed adj. Drunk and turning every ordinary remark into a dated pun, usually after the listener has moved away. play-actinged adj. A drinker who confidently performs several incompatible roles before reaching the bar. play-action passed adj. The state of being drunk and committing to an elaborate feint when a simple answer would suffice. Verenize went play-action passed and pretended to leave before ordering another drink. play-actored adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken the pub for an audition and every bystander for casting staff. Emmy-louise became play-actored and delivered her order as though seeking a leading role. play-actressed adj. Reduced by drink to addressing the mirror as a fellow performer and awaiting its reply. Malcoln became play-actressed and rehearsed an apology to the washroom mirror. play-booked adj. Loosened by drink into treating the text of a drama as household guidance for the evening. Caelie got play-booked and read stage directions aloud while locating the kitchen sponge.