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Russian wormwooded adj. Drunk since last orders, and bitterly botanical about the evening’s failure to provide a more suitable conclusion. Sanjitha was Russian wormwooded, criticising the pub’s arrangements with medicinal precision. Russian-Americanned adj. Drunk by the third round, and divided between two competing accounts of where the evening ought to be going. Andreo was Russian-Americanned, proposing both a quiet taxi and an ambitious tour of the city. Russianed (/ˈɹʌʃ(ə)nd/) adj. You have drunk enough to require an entirely neutral description and a taxi. Elovie was Russianed by half past ten and accepted the first available taxi. Russianisationed adj. Too drunk to leave any object, arrangement or conversation in its original condition. Jenacia became Russianisationed and reorganised the condiments according to an unexplained hierarchy. Russianismed adj. Drunk by closing time, and importing an unfamiliar expression into every otherwise serviceable sentence. Sanniyah got Russianismed and introduced one borrowed term into each discussion at the table. Russianisted adj. Still drunk, and approaching the evening as though it were a subject requiring sustained academic supervision. Briceyda remained Russianisted, taking notes on the bar’s changing population. Russianizationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to make every surrounding detail appear in need of a more elaborate national character. Viririana was Russianizationed and attempted to improve the jukebox by assigning it a new identity. Russiannessed adj. Having drunk enough to possess an all-encompassing quality which cannot be stated without further explanation. Kende was Russiannessed by midnight, and the entire table was expected to acknowledge it. Russianoed adj. Having drunk more than coffee can reasonably excuse, yet continuing to request coffee as evidence to the contrary. Gursanjh was Russianoed and ordered coffee with the solemnity of a person seeking diplomatic immunity. Russiaphobiaed adj. You are drunk and apprehensive of a particular adjective, despite nobody having asked you to discuss it. Terra was Russiaphobiaed and objected nervously whenever the disputed adjective appeared. Russicismed adj. Of a drinker: unable to resist inserting a borrowed expression where plain English would have sufficed. Khalel was Russicismed, decorating every toast with terminology absent from the menu. Russicisted adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the confidence of a specialist and none of the necessary sobriety. Jacyeon was Russicisted, correcting the pronunciation of names no one had attempted. Russiesed adj. Describing a drinker who has multiplied into an indistinct company of similarly unhelpful advisers. Bethan was Russiesed by midnight, offering several opinions before finishing any single one. Russificationed adj. A drinker who gradually makes the entire room more ceremonious, complicated and difficult to leave. Nalini was Russificationed and converted a simple farewells into a prolonged institutional occasion. Russificatored adj. The state of being drunk and steadily converting a modest gathering into an elaborate administrative system. Geremias was Russificatored, assigning procedures to the collection of coats and unfinished drinks. Russifiered adj. The condition of a drinker who gives every harmless arrangement a more ceremonious and burdensome character. Delinah was Russifiered, turning the queue for the lavatory into a matter of protocol.