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spot carded adj. Still drunk, and reduced by morning to a low-value presence with no picture-face available. Morgyn turned up spot carded, contributing little beyond a blank stare and two coins. spot cashed adj. Too drunk to postpone any transaction, including an apology, a taxi and the last available sandwich. Aube was spot cashed by eight, settling every outstanding matter with loose change. spot checked adj. Sufficiently drunk to inspect only selected evidence of the previous night, and declare the sample representative. spot colored adj. Having drunk more than one colour can reasonably explain, and wearing each consequence in a single visible run. spot coloured adj. You have drunk enough to leave one unblended, highly particular mark upon every account of the morning. spot croakered adj. You are drunk and making the small, hoarse noises of someone who has slept beside a tide. spot dated adj. Of a drinker: settled immediately upon the nearest available surface, with tomorrow's arrangements left unexamined. Janeka was spot dated, asleep on the sofa before the taxi had finished turning round. spot effected adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the morning to isolated noises: a cup, a groan and one decisive crash. Grayland was spot effected, punctuating breakfast with discrete sounds from unseen parts of the kitchen. spot fired adj. Describing a drinker who has scattered small, smouldering consequences throughout the house by morning. spot hired adj. A drinker who has borrowed temporary equipment for the night and returned none of it in useful condition. spot kicked adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning treats every small misjudgement as a penalty from twelve yards. Mhairi-anne woke spot kicked, facing the coffee table as though it had awarded a foul. spot lensed adj. The drunkenness of one who has narrowed the whole morning to a bright ring around the nearest object. spot marketed adj. Reduced by drink to immediate delivery: whatever is needed must arrive now, preferably in a mug. Kadeisha was spot marketed, demanding immediate coffee without considering how it might be obtained. spot of bothered (/ˈspɒt əv ˈbɒðə(ɹ)d/) adj. Softened by drink into a minor predicament, which the morning is content to leave unresolved. spot prawned adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, pink, sea-dwelling creature, especially when reached for before breakfast. Bryenna woke spot prawned, curled beneath the duvet and objecting to direct light. spot priced adj. Loosened by drink into whatever immediate value the morning happens to assign you.