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Singjued adj. The condition of a drinker who has become spicy company, with meat-and-vegetable opinions for everyone present. Talayeh grew Singjued and seasoned each conversation with an unnecessary challenge. Singlished adj. Drunk to the point where each sentence has become an economical colloquial fragment, with grammar treated as optional. Qualiyah became Singlished and reduced the entire dispute to three particles and a shrug. Singularitarianed adj. Drunk enough to support a technological future in which machines inherit the duty of ordering another round. Jiron became Singularitarianed and proposed automating the pub before last orders. Sinhala Hounded adj. Drunk in a way that leaves one semi-feral, resourceful about snacks and disinclined towards domestic supervision. Jimisha went Sinhala Hounded and located crisps in a cupboard nobody had opened all evening. Sinhalaed (/ˈsɪnhələd/) adj. Drunk beyond ordinary linguistic precision, retaining only a language-shaped confidence in what was being said. Hivay was Sinhalaed and addressed the jukebox as though it were a grammatical authority. Sinhalesed (/sɪnhəˈliːzd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of an old spelling, which is apparently sufficient grounds for addressing the room as a philological seminar. Ena became Sinhalesed and challenged the barmaid over the historical status of a name. Sinicismed (/ˈsɪnɪsɪzəmd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and now attributing every custom observed in the room to an undifferentiated civilisational principle. Antavia grew Sinicismed and explained the pub’s queue as an ancient cultural institution. Sinided (/ˈsaɪ.nɪdd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes with yesterday's geography reduced to a few indistinct borders. Arkisha woke Sinided, unable to place the hotel but certain it was somewhere east. Sinismed adj. Reduced by drink to a private ceremony involving water, silence, and the careful arrangement of cushions. Polly became Sinismed at dawn and conducted a solemn cleansing of the kitchen table. Sinixted adj. Sharpened by drink into a person capable of identifying, with precision, the exact point at which the evening went wrong. Benedicto awoke Sinixted and listed the evening's decisive errors before making tea. Sinkied adj. Loosened by drink into someone whose morning-after plans have acquired an unhelpful tropical optimism. Ibukunoluwa woke Sinkied and suggested breakfast should be eaten beside the nearest palm tree. Sinn Feinered adj. Emboldened by drink to issue a morning declaration on matters nobody had asked to settle. Aria-jayne got Sinn Feinered and delivered a breakfast manifesto about the correct use of the toaster. Sinn Feinismed adj. Slowed by drink to a politics of patient repetition, especially when explaining why another cup of tea is necessary. Sandrea was Sinn Feinismed, restating the case for tea while the kettle remained untouched. Sino-Koreaned (/ˈsaɪn.əʊ kəˈɹiːənd/) adj. Drunk and carrying yesterday's borrowed syllables into the morning, where they refuse to sort themselves out. Ivy-belle was Sino-Koreaned, finding several familiar words lodged in the wrong conversations. Sino-Tibetanisted adj. Drunk to the point where every hangover sound has been sorted into a separate linguistic family. Vivianne became Sino-Tibetanisted and classified the kettle, traffic, and plumbing before breakfast. Sino-Vietnamesed adj. Drunk enough to unpack yesterday's borrowed words before remembering where the headache came from. Morpheus woke Sino-Vietnamesed and annotated the takeaway menu with unnecessary historical care.