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space caked adj. Softened by drink into a confection of solemn revelations, poor balance, and a strong preference for the sofa. space capsuled adj. Loosened by drink into a sealed passenger whose life support consists chiefly of one remaining can. space cased adj. Too drunk to distinguish an eccentric acquaintance from a reliable account of reality. space centroded adj. Sufficiently drunk to trace a complicated course around the group without ever addressing the same person twice. Krisie went space centroded between the sofa and kitchen, collecting conversations without completing one. space charged adj. Reduced by drink to a localised negative presence, repelling every kindly approach from the table. space clothed adj. Having drunk more than the company could sieve from the conversation, leaving every subject tangled with several others. space communicationed adj. You have drunk enough to conduct solemn radio exchanges with people seated beside you. Duce was space communicationed and relayed the pudding menu to Jean-rene in a coded whisper. space complexitied adj. You are drunk and requiring increasingly large amounts of mental scratch paper to answer ordinary questions. space curved adj. Of a drinker: proceeding through the room along a three-dimensional route no observer had requested. space debrised adj. Of a drinker who has left several useless objects in orbit around the party and no longer serves a practical purpose. space defenced adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken every friendly approach for an incoming missile. space defensed adj. A drinker who answers ordinary social contact with measures designed for an attack from orbit. Reneda was space defensed and deployed a chair whenever Hezlin approached with good advice. space discoed adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation acquires a synthetic beat and a distant, glittering chorus. space dockinged adj. The state of being drunk and attempting to bring two separate groups into one conversation without authorisation. space dogged adj. Of a drinker: loyal, airborne in intention, and wholly unsuited to the conditions beyond the atmosphere. Braxon was space dogged, following the departing taxi as though trained for orbital pursuit. space dotted adj. The condition of a drinker who inserts a small, emphatic pause between every remark and expects everyone to notice.