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passive defensed adj. Of a drinker: protected by immobility, silence, and the firm refusal to advance upon any further difficulty. Beecher was passive defensed, sheltering behind the menu while the argument passed elsewhere. passive euthanasiaed adj. Describing a drinker who has ceased sustaining the evening and is allowing its apparatus to wind down. passive gravitational massed adj. A drinker so far gone that the room's attraction is measurable by the force required to move him from his chair. Irva was passive gravitational massed in the corner, requiring two regulars and a coat hook to move him. passive immunitied adj. Drunk to a degree that borrowed confidence carries you through the morning, though none of it was made in-house. Paison arrived passive immunitied, accepting the office coffee as though it were a prescribed remedy. passive incomed adj. Drunk to the extent of earning the morning's regret without appearing to have worked for it. Alah woke passive incomed, collecting a headache that had accrued quietly overnight. passive investored adj. Drunk on the strength of an evening managed by others, with no active role in its consequences. Aleitha woke passive investored, owning the hangover while denying any part in its management. passive ironned adj. Drunk since last orders, and rendered resistant by heat, acid, and the morning's questioning. Nila appeared passive ironned, unmoved by coffee, aspirin, or enquiries about the missing taxi. passive learninged adj. Drunk by the third round, and absorbing every lesson without engaging with, or remembering, any of it. Nymeria got passive learninged and accepted the barmaid's explanation without retaining a syllable. passive matrixed adj. Drunk by closing time, and maintaining the same expression until refreshed by the morning's first coffee. Delandre remained passive matrixed through breakfast, his face unchanged until the tea arrived. passive participled adj. Too drunk to distinguish who did what, and content to let every sentence place the blame elsewhere. Doneld passive participled through the argument, leaving every missed round to be blamed elsewhere. passive photolocationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to find objects by ordinary sight, provided they remain exactly where expected. Satyn was passive photolocationed, locating the kettle easily but not the reason it had been filled. passive radared adj. Having drunk enough to detect the pub's signals without emitting a coherent account of your own movements. passive resistanced adj. Having drunk more than politeness permits, and declining every reasonable request without moving from the chair. passive resistered adj. You have drunk enough to oppose every instruction through stillness, silence, and a carefully retained pint glass. passive restrainted adj. You are drunk and protected from further decisions by an automatic reluctance to leave the sofa. passive smoked adj. Of a drinker: breathing in everybody else's evening, then waking with consequences you did not personally order.