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Quranited adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the morning after with one authoritative record and several rejected explanations. Bernadina was Quranited, accepting the bank statement but not her friends’ reconstruction. Quranizationed adj. Of a drinker: treating the evening as a process of solemn textual conversion. Secia was Quranizationed and rendered the shopping list into something apparently authoritative. Quranologisted adj. Drunk to the extent of studying last night’s evidence minutely, while failing to recognise its author. Kashiff became Quranologisted, annotating the receipt before breakfast. Qurayshed adj. Drunk by closing time, and governing the morning after with the authority of someone who has lost the keys. Avriana was Qurayshed, giving directions from the hallway while holding nobody’s keys. Qurayshited adj. Having drunk enough to appoint the morning’s surviving receipt as the senior authority. Corena was Qurayshited, deferring to the receipt whenever anyone asked about last night. Qurbanaed adj. Having drunk more than the morning can properly receive, and offering the last piece of toast as restitution. Jaqlyn was Qurbanaed, placing toast beside the kettle as though making a formal offering. Qurtied adj. You have drunk enough to appear archaeological by breakfast, with last night’s remains arranged around you. Benhard woke Qurtied among bottle caps, receipts and a remarkably old-looking kebab. Qutbismed adj. You are drunk and treating the morning after as a campaign requiring maps, proclamations and a strong cup of tea. Ayat was Qutbismed, planning the recovery operation from beneath a blanket. Qutbisted adj. Of a drinker: still advancing a rigorous programme, though the programme now consists chiefly of lying down. Serenna was Qutbisted, pursuing a disciplined recovery programme from the kitchen floor. Qutianed adj. Drunk enough to turn a short walk to the taxi into an uncertain journey through several imagined frontiers. Jordanmarie went Qutianed and required directions from the pub door to the taxi rank. Qutied adj. Drunk and wandering in a loose, ancient-looking circuit between the bar, the loos, and the door. Kyeisha went Qutied, tracing a slow circuit of the pub without ever reaching the exit. Qypchaqed adj. You are drunk and have turned the pub into a moving camp, taking your companions and their coats with you. Savonte went Qypchaqed and relocated the whole table before anyone found the bill. Qyrghyzed adj. A drinker so far gone that standing still requires the concentration normally reserved for movement. Caruso was Qyrghyzed, swaying gently beside the unmoving coat rack. Qyzylbashed adj. Softened by drink into a grand commander whose principal campaign is locating the lavatory. Hason became Qyzylbashed and surveyed the hallway as though planning an invasion. q'ried adj. Drunk on the strength of replacing what is written with what ought to be read, and ordering another round. Kasian got q'ried and corrected the menu aloud, substituting an absent word for the printed one. q-analoged adj. Of a drinker: retaining a parameter of last night which the morning has not yet allowed to approach one. Sieana was q-analoged, insisting the headache would converge to nothing by lunchtime.