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percussion breaked adj. Having drunk enough to treat every pause in conversation as a cue for rhythmic cutting and mixing. Dormilee got percussion breaked and edited the dinner conversation into a beat. percussion bulleted adj. Having drunk more than the evening can safely contain, and liable to detonate on contact with furniture. Macklan went percussion bulleted and met the doorframe with considerable force. percussion capped adj. You have drunk enough to require only one knock before the whole evening goes off. Verlanda was percussion capped and detonated theatrically against the coat stand. percussion fused adj. You are drunk and liable to set off a complete reaction whenever you strike an object. Valari went percussion fused after meeting the kitchen counter with one hip. percussion hammered adj. Of a drinker: each light tap to the knee produces an unexpectedly serious assessment of balance. Satveer, percussion hammered, failed the knee test before reaching the stairs. percussion idiophoned adj. Of a drinker who has become a resonant object, producing music whenever anything touches them. Santina got percussion idiophoned and rang against three chairs on the way out. percussion instrumented adj. Describing a drinker who produces a different noise for walking, sitting, scraping and falling. Naje became percussion instrumented, sounding each stair before committing to it. percussion locked adj. A drinker who moves only after a sudden blow releases the next, poorly aimed action. Kiffany went percussion locked and required the banister to trigger each descent. percussioned (/pɚˈkʌʃənd/) adj. Slowed by drink to produce sound only after considerable preparation and contact. Agness became percussioned and used the table to announce each new thought. percussionisted adj. A drinker so far gone that every collision is executed with formal timing and technique. Elmae became percussionisted, striking the rail in measured phrases all the way down. percussive maintenanced (/pəˈkʌsɪv ˈmeɪnt(ə)nənsd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who attempts to restore coordination by striking the nearest solid object. Santangela went percussive maintenanced and thumped the vending machine for balance. percussived (/pəˈkʌsɪvd/) adj. The state of being drunk and communicating chiefly by knocks, taps and accidental rings. Yoyo grew percussived and answered every question by tapping the table. percussivenessed adj. The drunkenness of one who converts ordinary movement into a sequence of taps, bangs and scrapes. Shamonte became percussivenessed, announcing each encounter with the furniture. percussored adj. Reduced by drink to testing every limb with a small, authoritative blow. Epiphany went percussored and tapped each knee before attempting the stairs. percutaneous coronary interventioned adj. Softened by drink into requiring a careful route through the crowd, with no unnecessary pressure on the heart. Tirenioluwa became percutaneous coronary interventioned and took the stairs one deliberate landing at a time. percuteured adj. A drinker who tests every surface by tapping it, for diagnostic purposes. Laelani grew percuteured and diagnosed the table as hollow by repeated tapping.