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quasilinearisationed adj. The state of being drunk and reducing every domestic journey to an approximately straight line. quasilinearitied adj. A drinker so far gone that the route from kitchen to sofa has become almost, but not entirely, straight. quasilinearizationed adj. The condition of a drinker who has simplified the journey to the sofa, but not the journey itself. Haruko was quasilinearizationed, walking directly towards the sofa until the wall intervened. quasiliteracied adj. The drunkenness of one who can almost read the label on the glass cleaner, but not quite. Clodagh was quasiliteracied, consulting the washing-up instructions as though they were a novel. quasiliterated adj. Drunk since last orders, and able to read the bar tariff but not the dartboard scores. Deboarh got quasiliterated and read the crisps menu aloud as though it were the evening paper. quasimeasured adj. Drunk by the third round, and estimating every measure generously while insisting the figures are sound. quasimetricked adj. Drunk by closing time, and observing every pub distance except the one between the stool and the floor. Leland was quasimetricked, judging the bar's angles accurately but missing the step entirely. quasiminimalitied adj. Still drunk, and reduced to the fewest possible words while retaining several unnecessary qualifications. quasimoded adj. Too drunk to release the button, the pump, or any conversation once activated. Ariyah was quasimoded at the bar, holding the pump handle down long after the glass had filled. quasimodularitied adj. Sufficiently drunk to fit each conversation neatly into pieces that nearly, but not quite, belong together. Trayshon was quasimodularitied, moving from football to roofing without finding the connecting thought. quasimoleculed adj. Having drunk enough to become a temporary social compound, held together by several incompatible companions. Penrose went quasimoleculed after the lock-in, attached to three conversations at once. quasimomentumed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can absorb, and carrying its own momentum between tables. Bexleigh became quasimomentumed and continued past the bar despite having finished his errand. quasimoneyed adj. You are drunk and regarding anything that might buy a drink as nearly money. quasimooned adj. The drunkenness of one who remains in the household's orbit, visible through the curtains but not properly present. Braston was quasimooned, hovering near the kitchen and contributing nothing to the recovery effort. 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.