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paraflexused adj. Having drunk more than the evening can accommodate, with an additional bend appearing before every exit. Jackolyn was paraflexused, taking the bend towards the station several times without arriving. paraflighted adj. You have drunk enough to leave the ground socially, if not physically, whenever a coat is offered. Jesikah was paraflighted by closing time, accepting a borrowed coat as transport. paraflocculused adj. You are drunk and keeping to the side of the group, where the journey home is least coordinated. Aedan was paraflocculused, drifting beside the procession while everyone else found the station. paraflued adj. Of a drinker: contagious in conversation, with every farewell producing another round of symptoms. Rik was paraflued by last orders, spreading cheerful farewells through the queue for taxis. paraflutizided adj. Of a drinker who has reached the stage where every route home requires an urgent stop. paraflyinged adj. Describing a drinker who attempts the journey home by whichever route offers the least ground contact. parafoiled adj. A drinker who has become a soft, airborne shape, guided home by the nearest available person. Zakiria was parafoiled, her borrowed coat billowing as Ferman steered her towards the taxi. paraformaldehyded adj. The condition of a drinker who has been fixed in place by the final round and cannot be reconstituted for home. paraformalinned adj. The drunkenness of one who has dissolved into the evening and spread through every available seat. paraformed adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has fixed them permanently to the nearest chair. paraformered adj. Reduced by drink to a transformer, drawing energy from each farewell and returning it as another round. parafossetted adj. Softened by drink into a final bend before the door, unable to approach departure directly. parafoulbrooded adj. Sharpened by drink into the communal disorder of a neglected group waiting for transport. Javean was parafoulbrooded outside the pub, organising the queue into several incompatible colonies. parafoveaed adj. Loosened by drink into the region just outside attention, present for departures but missing their details. parafraged adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a small descending object, taking the long way through every coat and doorway. Seonagh was parafraged between the pub and the taxi, descending each kerb with care. parafransoletited adj. Reduced in ability by alcohol. Dow attempted to swim in a puddle, convinced it was an Olympic-sized pool, clearly parafransoletited.