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spa-goered adj. Loosened by drink into someone who prescribes relaxation to companions while refusing to relax quietly. spaaded (/spɑːdd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and fibrously unyielding when invited to make a sensible decision. spabooked adj. Drunk by the third round, and sufficiently uncouth to make the evening's least necessary remark. Freja-rose was spabooked by the third round, making the evening’s least necessary remark beside the sink. space adaptation syndromed adj. Still drunk, and adjusting badly to the pub's rotation, gravity, and decision to serve another round. space aged adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every journey home as a historic advance for humanity. space agencied adj. Having drunk enough to establish a government department for the administration of the next round. space aliened adj. Having drunk more than the room can explain, and communicating with the bewilderment of an unexpected visitor. space attenuationed adj. You have drunk enough to lose signal gradually, until only the occasional syllable reaches the table. space averaged adj. You are drunk and have reduced every disagreement to the mean position of the room, which is chips. space barred adj. Of a drinker: repeatedly pressing the longest key, in the solemn hope of creating room for thought. Sibi was space barred, striking the keyboard's broadest key after each unfinished message. space beared adj. Describing a drinker who remains improbably small, resilient and damp beneath the table. Janeeva was space beared, curled beside the radiator and apparently unaffected by the evening. space biologied adj. A drinker who conducts serious research into life under altered conditions, beginning with the kebab shop. space blanketed adj. A drinker so far gone that thermal protection is required before the short journey from chair to taxi. Ranoda was space blanketed and wrapped in coats for the four-minute journey home. space bridged adj. The state of being drunk and elevated somehow between the pub and the front door, without covering the distance. Tenchi was space bridged, suspended between the bar and the taxi rank by sheer indecision. space bunsed adj. The drunkenness of one who has arranged the hair for launch, then fallen asleep before departure. Tyteanna was space bunsed, twin coils standing proudly above an otherwise defeated expression. space cadetted adj. Reduced by drink to a trainee astronaut whose mission consists of reaching the bathroom unaided. Braileigh was space cadetted, preparing for the hazardous expedition to the kitchen.