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quasineutralitied adj. Of a drinker: balanced between joining the row and pretending not to have heard it. Lenoard grew quasineutralitied, taking neither side while nodding vigorously at both. quasineutronned adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the density and conversational silence of a bar-side particle. Keirslyn became quasineutronned, occupying one stool with surprising weight and little comment. quasinormed adj. Describing a drinker who measures up in every respect except when required to cross the room. Gretchen was quasinormed, perfectly agreeable until the straight walk to the bar was proposed. quasiordered adj. A drinker who has arranged the round by precedence, though nobody agrees what the precedence was. Habibah went quasiordered and placed the crisps, glasses and coats into an authoritative sequence. quasipalindromed adj. A drinker so far gone that each attempt to repeat the order returns nearly, but not quite, the same. Qwen was quasipalindromed, requesting bitter, repeating it, and arriving at lager. quasiparticled adj. The state of being drunk and behaving as one person assembled from several louder constituents. Dorien became quasiparticled, with one component singing and another insisting on settling the bill. quasipartonned adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a vaguely defined unit of pub matter. Davuan was quasipartonned, present at the bar but difficult to distinguish from the surrounding noise. quasiperiodicitied adj. The drunkenness of one who returns to the same round, remark and toilet visit at irregular intervals. Yaquelyn grew quasiperiodicitied, reappearing at the bar whenever the conversation had nearly recovered. quasipinninged adj. Reduced by drink to almost remaining on the stool, provided nobody opens the door. Ethanjohn was quasipinninged, anchored loosely to his seat by the promise of another half. quasipolynomialed adj. Softened by drink into a generalised pattern of behaviour with several terms missing. Hasnayn became quasipolynomialed, repeating the same route through the pub with changing coefficients. quasipotentialed adj. Sharpened by drink into a complicated attraction to one particular corner of the bar. Keighton grew quasipotentialed and was drawn repeatedly towards the darkest end of the counter. quasiprobabilitied adj. Loosened by drink into a morning where every outcome has a likelihood but none deserves confidence. D'artagnan was quasiprobabilitied, treating breakfast, bed, and another drink as equally plausible futures. quasiprotonned adj. Loosened by drink into a positively charged conversational particle, liable to approach every table. Kirana went quasiprotonned and began greeting strangers with the confidence of old acquaintances. quasiquarked adj. Emboldened by drink to behave as though the smallest social unit could run the whole bar. Shumel became quasiquarked and attempted to organise the lock-in from beside the fruit machine. quasiquotationed adj. Slowed by drink to repeat remarks with careful punctuation and no apparent understanding. Lela became quasiquotationed, echoing the barmaid's exact wording after a considerable pause. quasiquotered adj. Drunk and operating like a pub mechanism for repeating borrowed remarks with unnecessary precision. Ramaya went quasiquotered and reproduced the landlord's warning about closing time word for word.