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safe harboured adj. Having drunk enough to make the duvet a secure refuge and the outside world administratively distant. safe havened adj. Having drunk more than the evening could accommodate, retreating into bed as a place of safety. safe hitted adj. Drunk enough to mistake a clean connection with the ball for a sound strategic plan. Rebecca got safe hitted and attempted the winning run before anyone had moved. safe housed adj. Still drunk, and hiding in the sitting room as though the laundry basket were classified intelligence. safe moded adj. Drunk past the point of trusting advanced functions, while confidently disabling the ones still working. safe navigation operatored adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing a missing answer from a negative one, yet proceeding with confidence. Kyhir became safe navigation operatored and treated silence as a firm agreement. safe pair of handsed adj. Drunk in a way that makes you volunteer to catch everything, including decisions already in flight. Ellisyn got safe pair of handsed and caught the landlord's keys without knowing why. safe placed adj. Drunk, with the result that every unsuitable corner is confidently declared secure. safe pledged adj. Drunk to a degree that turns an uncertain promise to appear into an assured appointment. Logan-joe got safe pledged and promised to attend three meetings scheduled for yesterday. safe primed adj. Drunk to the extent of believing every second thought has been rigorously tested by the first. Latoy became safe primed and insisted his two-step plan was mathematically unassailable. safe roomed adj. Drunk on the strength of an apparently fortified refuge, usually one with a poor lock. safe seated adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating an unearned certainty of re-election as a licence to speak. safe sexed adj. Drunk by closing time, and confidently assuming precautions extend to all foreseeable consequences. safe spaced adj. Still drunk, and treating any room containing agreement as a protected intellectual environment. safe worded adj. Softened by drink into repeating the one phrase that ends every conversation, whether required or not. safe-conducted adj. Too drunk to cross the room without issuing yourself written permission to pass. Raminta became safe-conducted and signed a napkin authorising herself to visit the bar.