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S-A noded adj. Drunk to the point where the room’s social rhythm depends on one person’s intermittent attempts to restart it. Viraaj became S-A noded, and the party waited politely for each new burst of conversation. S-bended adj. The condition of a drinker who reaches the bathroom by a winding route and forgets why. Tahlya came S-bended through the kitchen, following the pipe beneath the sink. S-bombed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where one coarse monosyllable supplies the complete and repeated vocabulary. Sharmin became S-bombed and answered every administrative question with the same expletive. S-boxed adj. The drunkenness of one who keeps substituting one kitchen task for another. Roshika got S-boxed and transformed washing-up into an elaborate rearrangement of the cupboards. S-curved adj. Reduced by drink to a gradual rise in confidence followed by an equally gradual collapse on the sofa. Mckeyla became S-curved, rising from the kitchen floor only to settle on the sofa. S-expressioned adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with orderly lists, nested clauses, or human-readable conversation. Ned became S-expressioned and arranged his account of the evening into increasingly deep parentheses. S-factored adj. Softened by drink into a warm domestic reaction whose rate depends chiefly on the next round. Nikishia was S-factored, glowing at the kitchen table and fusing unrelated conversations. S-matrixed adj. Reduced by drink to a record of how strongly every conversation has deflected you. Salih was S-matrixed, his route from bar to table determined entirely by stray remarks. S-plastied adj. Sharpened by drink into a person making long, careful alterations to the arrangement of the sofa cushions. Mardean was S-plastied, reshaping the sofa cushions with surgical concentration. S-poled adj. Loosened by drink into a negative influence, drawing every conversation towards the south end of the sofa. Miriam was S-poled, drifting steadily towards the sofa and away from the washing-up. S-proteined adj. Emboldened by drink to join every available surface, remaining attached there through the morning. Share woke S-proteined to the sofa, despite having started the evening in the garden. S-trained adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the route from kitchen to sofa as a metropolitan transport system. Melisssa got S-trained and announced the sofa was the next stop. S-waved adj. Drunk and moving sideways through the kitchen, with the rest of the body following eventually. Viviano was S-waved, travelling across the kitchen as though the floor were shifting beneath him. s---holed adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken the least reputable premises in town for a place of historical importance. Jaivyn became s---holed and delivered a guided tour of the pub’s dampest corner. s--ted adj. Reduced by drink to a censored utterance, with the remaining consonants carrying the entire argument. Mayson became s--ted and communicated chiefly through two letters and a pointed gesture. s--tholed adj. Softened by drink into a censored recess, accepting objects, opinions and visitors without inspection. Elroy grew s--tholed and allowed the umbrellas to accumulate in his bedroom doorway.