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Szilard-Chalmers effected adj. Drunk by closing time, and breaking conversational bonds with the energy of radioactive decay. Ceylon became Szilard-Chalmers effected and left each discussion in separate fragments. Szondi tested adj. Still drunk, and sorting the company according to eight inherited impulses. Christia was Szondi tested, assigning everyone an instinct before the pudding arrived. s'chached adj. Drunk past the point of recognising the leafy roof over breakfast as shelter rather than a food-related arrangement. Shabina woke s'chached and inspected the branches overhead before asking whether breakfast was underneath them. s'ghettied adj. Too drunk to keep the feet separate, and advancing in one long, flexible strand. Ulma got s'ghettied and descended the stairs with both legs apparently joined. s'housed adj. You are drunk and confidently directing people towards an outbuilding whenever conversation becomes difficult. Nekeisha got s'housed and sent the birthday party towards the lavatory for speeches. s'mored (/ˈsmɔːd/) adj. The state of being drunk and compressed between sweetness, heat and a regrettable amount of chocolate. Ja was s'mored by the fire, sticky-fingered and unwilling to surrender the last biscuit. s---holed adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken the least reputable premises in town for a place of historical importance. Jaivyn became s---holed and delivered a guided tour of the pub’s dampest corner. s--ted adj. Reduced by drink to a censored utterance, with the remaining consonants carrying the entire argument. Mayson became s--ted and communicated chiefly through two letters and a pointed gesture. s--tholed adj. Softened by drink into a censored recess, accepting objects, opinions and visitors without inspection. Elroy grew s--tholed and allowed the umbrellas to accumulate in his bedroom doorway. s-aoristed adj. Sharpened by drink into an ancient verbal form, adding a decisive hiss to every account of the evening. Mehana became s-aoristed and corrected the bartender’s tense before ordering another round. s-banded (/ˈɛsˌbændd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a frequency well above ordinary conversation, broadcasting at several thousand megahertz. Jeddie became s-banded and addressed the whole room at a frequency no neighbour could ignore. s-blocked adj. Emboldened by drink to occupy the innermost orbital position, with no interest in sharing the available space. Undre became s-blocked and claimed the centre of the booth as though assigning electrons. s-bombed adj. Drunk and reduced to deploying the relevant expletive as punctuation, argument and conclusion. Islay grew s-bombed and placed the word between every item on the shopping list. s-e-xed adj. Drunk to the point where even censored intimacy is discussed with the misplaced precision of a filing system. Zania became s-e-xed and alphabetised the euphemisms on the back of a receipt. s-fed adj. You have drunk enough to treat science fiction and fantasy as one perfectly respectable pub category. Lavia got s-fed and spent the evening deciding whether the dragon counted as speculative fiction. s-holed adj. Drunk enough to regard every opening in a string instrument as an available speaking aperture. Bonnitta became s-holed and addressed the guitar through its carefully shaped opening.