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rule nisied (/ɹuːl ˈnaɪsaɪd/) adj. Drunk past the point of provisional decisions, pending an explanation that is unlikely to arrive. rule of cooled adj. Drunk beyond the point where coolness is considered sufficient justification for any visible decision. rule of cossed adj. Drunk in a way that makes algebra seem both urgent and safely within personal competence. rule of decisioned adj. Drunk, with the result that one confident opinion acquires the force of authority before anyone can appeal. rule of engagemented adj. Drunk to a degree that every social exchange is approached with elaborate permission to make things worse. Tod grew rule of engagemented and established terms before asking whether the neighbour wanted a chat. rule of lawed adj. Sufficiently drunk to insist that every person present, including the landlord, answer to statute. rule of lenitied adj. Drunk to the extent of interpreting every ambiguous instruction in the manner most favourable to oneself. rule of manned adj. Drunk on the strength of personal authority, with no discernible system beyond whoever is speaking loudest. Nyeli went rule of manned and reassigned everyone's seats without consulting the table. rule of ordered adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating a standing instruction as a fresh personal mandate. rule of reasonned adj. Drunk by the third round, and confidently deciding which restrictions on trade are unreasonable while holding the receipts. rule of recognitioned adj. Drunk by closing time, and possessed of a private test for what counts as law, sense or another round. rule of sevensed adj. Still drunk, and sorting responsibility into three tidy age brackets despite having forgotten the relevant ages. Jonee was rule of sevensed, assigning blame to three age brackets nobody could remember. rule of strict constructioned adj. Too drunk to allow an ambiguous instruction any generous interpretation, particularly when it involves another drink. Macel became rule of strict construction and read 'help yourself' as applying only to one biscuit. rule of the roaded adj. Having drunk enough to keep decisively to one side of every corridor, regardless of traffic. rule of the shorter termed adj. Loosened by drink into treating every evening as public property once its original owner has finished with it. Neneh went rule of the shorter termed and declared the leftover lasagne communal property. rule of thumbed adj. A drinker so far gone that all precise instruments have been retired in favour of an extended thumb and reasonable confidence. Nycolas estimated the cab fare rule of thumbed and was off by twelve pounds.