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participatressed adj. Drunk to the extent of entering every available activity, with archaic confidence and no evident invitation. Anelka became participatressed and joined the gentlemen’s darts without ceremony. participial adjectived adj. Of a drinker: used attributively at one moment and predicatively the next, usually about the same coat. Charolet was participial adjectived, calling the coat abandoned and then declaring it abandonedly so. participialed adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating every action as something that may be made adjectival. Arianamarie became participialed and called the departing taxi an ‘abandoning’ vehicle. participialitied adj. Drunk by closing time, and displaying the grammatical quality of an action pressed into service as description. Karlton became participialitied and found every object either falling or fallen. participializationed adj. Still drunk, and converting ordinary actions into descriptive forms with unwarranted grammatical authority. Cylie remained participializationed, calling the locked door an ‘excluding’ institution. participled (/pɑːˈtɪsɪpəld/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to make one verbal form perform the duties of adjective, noun and adverb. Esme-louise grew participled and called the kebab ‘sustaining’ while sustaining herself upon it. particle acceleratored adj. Of a drinker who has converted the bar into a high-energy collision facility. Cayce went particle acceleratored and sent two halves of a conversation into collision. particle beamed adj. Describing a drinker who travels in a narrow, unwavering line towards one chosen objective. Dontonio was particle beamed towards the toilets, untouched by the surrounding conversation. particle boarded adj. A drinker who has been pressed together from loose fragments and resin, with structural ambitions. Endie was particle boarded by midnight, held together chiefly by lager and habit. particle energied adj. Drunk in a way that leaves every movement governed by separate reserves of momentum and stored intent. Nicara woke particle energied, moving in short bursts and conserving herself between cups of tea. particle horizonned adj. Drunk to a degree that yesterday's events have passed beyond the edge of what can be observed. Jadarrion woke particle horizonned, unable to see beyond the last drink of the previous evening. particle mechanicsed adj. Drunk to the extent of analysing each small movement separately, particularly the journey from bed to kettle. Karline emerged particle mechanicsed, calculating the forces required to cross the landing. particle physicsed adj. Drunk on the strength of having reduced the morning to collisions, decay, and one unstable body. Chloey woke particle physicsed, describing the breakfast table as a field of failed interactions. particle statisticsed adj. Drunk by closing time, and calculating the evening's prospects by the crumbs remaining in the ashtray. Shiyan became particle statisticsed and counted each crisp fragment before announcing breakfast. particle theoried adj. Drunk by the third round, and still explaining the headache through a dated account of matter. Traydon woke particle theoried, insisting that the room's atoms had changed overnight. particle verbed adj. Drunk by closing time, and separating every instruction into a verb followed by an oddly decisive direction. Kaveh woke particle verbed, telling the kettle to carry on and the curtains to shut down.