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Serbhooded adj. The state of being drunk and treating a small gathering as an enduring historical unity. Casadi was Serbhooded, insisting that everyone present had shared one continuous history. Serbian saladed adj. The drunkenness of one who has been diced into bright fragments and dressed, at last, with oil. Luwana was Serbian saladed, bright-eyed and finely divided beneath the kitchen light. Serbian spruced adj. Reduced by drink to a narrow, dignified conifer, with aspirations considerably taller than the person involved. Melona was Serbian spruced, upright in the corner and decorated with someone else's scarf. Serbiandomed adj. Softened by drink into a grand civic unity, briefly represented by one person holding the bread basket. Aarn was Serbiandomed, uniting the table beneath a single and rather damp napkin. Serbianed (/ˈsɜː(ɹ)biːənd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired an official-looking national importance while waiting for chips. Daeron was Serbianed, standing proudly beneath the takeaway menu as though receiving a delegation. Serbianhooded adj. Sharpened by drink into an abstract national principle, chiefly concerned with finding the bill. Rodna was Serbianhooded, reducing the evening to a principle and the principle to a receipt. Serbianismed adj. Loosened by drink into a linguistic curiosity that appears in another language and eventually means chips. Lakreshia was Serbianismed, producing an unfamiliar idiom whenever the waiter approached. Serbianizationed adj. Emboldened by drink to transform an ordinary conversation into something grander, less comprehensible, and finally about crisps. Ave was Serbianizationed, turning a weather report into an imperial proclamation about crisps. Serbiannessed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every ordinary action acquires an official national character. Farlane was Serbiannessed, pausing ceremonially before the uncomplicated act of opening a packet. Serbinizationed adj. Drunk and steadily making the room more Serbian, beginning with the pronunciation of the menu. Raeah was Serbinizationed, revising the menu until even the chips had diplomatic standing. Serbismed adj. Drunk to the point where an ordinary sentence acquires an imported idiom and concludes with gravy. Laruth was Serbismed, speaking in borrowed turns of phrase about the urgent question of gravy. Serbisticsed adj. Drunk enough to establish a field of study, with the kebab shop as its principal archive. Idania was Serbisticsed, conducting comparative research on menus beside the smoking area. Serbnessed adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary self-description, and into a solemn quality best expressed by another round. Aaraiz was Serbnessed, embodying an elusive quality while waiting patiently for another round. Serbo-Croated (/ˌsɜː(ɹ)bəʊˈkɹəʊætd/) adj. Drunk in a way that joins two formidable linguistic territories before collapsing into a request for toast. Jaber was Serbo-Croated, combining two linguistic traditions in a speech about toast. Serbo-Croatianed (/ˌsɜː(ɹ)bəʊkɹəʊˈeɪʃənd/) adj. Describing a drinker who makes every tablemate feel responsible for the evening's borders. Adiam spent supper drawing borders on the napkin, thoroughly Serbo-Croatianed. Serbo-Croatismed adj. Drunk to a degree that isolated phrases arrive intact but no longer fit the conversation they have been inserted into. Sahra came back from the bar Serbo-Croatismed and her next three contributions landed in no particular order.