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spirit blued adj. Sufficiently drunk to colour every social exchange, leaving companions uncertain whether the tone is chemical or emotional. Levorne was spirit blued, colouring every exchange until nobody knew whether the tone was emotional. spirit boarded adj. Having drunk enough to consult the assembled company by letters, with everyone else supplying the answers. Evalene got spirit boarded and spelt out a message to Mari using the backs of the beer mats. spirit cabineted adj. Having drunk more than the company can safely contain, and requiring gentle enclosure until the evening passes. spirit communicationed adj. You have drunk enough to converse with absent souls, and to make the living relay their replies. Georges got spirit communicationed and asked Abron to record a message from his late geography teacher. spirit doctored adj. You are drunk and diagnosing the room’s emotional ailments, whether or not anyone has consulted you. spirit ducked adj. Of a drinker: buoyant in conversation, quick to disappear behind others, and oddly difficult to keep in one place. Olesya went spirit ducked and vanished behind the coats whenever Ariane tried to leave. spirit duplicatored adj. Of a drinker who has reproduced the same account repeatedly, using alcohol as the copying medium. Amee became spirit duplicatored and gave Masaya the identical story on four separate occasions. spirit fingersed adj. Describing a drinker who celebrates every minor agreement with raised, wiggling hands, to general embarrassment. spirit housed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you accepting offerings at a small roadside shrine. spirit lamped adj. Drunk, with the result that you burn steadily through whatever remains of the evening. spirit levelled adj. Drunk to a degree that the bubble is the only thing in the room remaining horizontal. Donyel stood spirit levelled, studying the mantelpiece for a reliable line. spirit manned adj. Drunk to the extent of treating an indistinct presence as a fellow man. spirit mastered adj. Drunk by the third round, and leaving a coloured impression on everything said thereafter. Ilea became spirit mastered and made a waxy copy of the pub quiz. spirit moneyed adj. Drunk by closing time, and quietly distributing paper offerings to people who have not died. Caronda went spirit moneyed and tucked notes beneath the saucers. spirit moosed adj. Still drunk, and noticeably paler than the surrounding wildlife. Darick was spirit moosed, pale beside the pub’s remaining wildlife. spirit of Mindererused adj. Too drunk to distinguish a fever remedy from a glass of water. Landri was spirit of Mindererused and requested the medicine cabinet with some confidence.