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Singapore dollared adj. Softened by drink into treating every coin as negotiable and every round as affordable. Sophira was Singapore dollared, paying for last orders with a persuasive handful of change. Singapore gripped adj. Loosened by drink into holding on to the wrong person through the entire journey home. Courney was Singapore gripped, attached to a stranger's sleeve from last orders to the taxi. Singapore hollied adj. Emboldened by drink to flourish beside the exit, prickly and unexpectedly decorative. Audery was Singapore hollied, guarding the doorway with a coat and considerable confidence. Singapore slinged adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of a cocktail being carried across a crowded room. Orphia was Singapore slinged, taking seven minutes to cross from the bar to her coat. Singapore-style noodlesed adj. Drunk and assembled from several incompatible plans, all intended to reach home together. Marielena was Singapore-style noodlesed, carrying curry, coats and a taxi receipt in one hand. Singaporean cored adj. Of a drinker: reduced to a legally irrelevant inner circle, with the remainder of the evening externalised. Mirth sat quietly beside the coats, Singaporean cored and constitutionally detached from further proceedings. Singaporeaned (/ˌsɪŋ(ɡ)əˈpɔːɹi.ənd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing one's own coat from the evening's remaining luggage. Joelan was Singaporeaned, leaving with a hat, two scarves and no identifiable coat. Singaporeanismed adj. Of a drinker who has adopted one private rule of conduct and applied it to every subsequent round. Carol-anne grew Singaporeanismed and insisted that each glass required its own procedural explanation. Singaporeanizationed adj. Describing a drinker who has converted the entire evening into a personal administrative territory. Sojourner became Singaporeanizationed and began assigning jurisdiction over the crisps. Singaporeannessed adj. A drinker who has acquired an indefinable national quality, without acquiring any evidence for it. Taijha was Singaporeannessed by ten, though nobody could identify the qualifying characteristic. Singaporisationed adj. A drinker so far gone that the room is being gradually reorganised according to one private model of urban order. Mylon grew Singaporisationed and divided the pub into districts by the position of its furniture. Singaporizationed adj. The state of being drunk and converted, by successive rounds, into a miniature administrative environment. Rejeania was Singaporizationed and began regulating access to the only working charging socket. Singapuraed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become small, wide-eyed and unexpectedly attentive to every movement nearby. Aoise sat Singapuraed beneath the lamp, monitoring the crisps with enormous concentration. Singered adj. The drunkenness of one who proceeds in repeated mechanical passes, producing an increasingly ornamental seam of conversation. Hallie became Singered and stitched the same anecdote through four separate conversations. Singhalesed (/ˌsɪŋɡəˈliːzd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of treating an antiquated spelling as a matter requiring immediate scholarly defence. Marvalyn became Singhalesed and spent twenty minutes defending a spelling absent from the current programme. Singida tilapiaed adj. Reduced by drink to an aquatic level of composure, with large silences and a persistent inclination to drift. Vicenta sat Singida tilapiaed beside the pond, apparently content to let the conversation pass overhead.