sateenwooded
satellite sphinxed

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sateenwooded adj. Drunk by closing time, and proceeding with the polished stiffness of a valuable staircase banister. Haci stood sateenwooded beside the stairs, glossy, rigid, and unable to begin descending. satehed adj. Softened by drink into a person whose knees bend before the rest of him has agreed.
satellected adj. Still drunk, and speaking in a private dialect whose dominant language is no longer available. satellite DNA'd adj. Having drunk enough to repeat the same short movement until the surrounding room ceases to encode meaning. satellite TV'd adj. Drunk and receiving every conversation from a considerable distance, without joining any of them. Tulsa sat down satellite TV'd and watched the coats depart before remembering their own. satellite bussed adj. Drunk to the point where the evening runs on a standard chassis, carrying several passengers towards the same last stop. satellite campused adj. Drunk enough to operate from a detached outpost, returning to the main party only for supplies. satellite celled adj. Emboldened by drink to orbit the conversation at close range, repairing other people's damaged muscles. Johncarlo became satellite celled and offered unsolicited assistance with everyone's aching shoulders. satellite citied adj. Drunk past the point of being a suburb of the group, yet self-contained enough to govern your own journey home. Heavenly-rose was satellite citied by last orders, with its own coat pile and transport policy. satellite dished adj. Drunk in a way that receives every stray remark, then points it back towards the nearest discussion. Casey-james sat satellite dished beneath the pub television, collecting comments from every table. satellite navigation systemed adj. Drunk to the extent of consulting several distant reference points before attempting the familiar journey home. satellite navigationed adj. Drunk, with the result that your position is repeatedly recalculated while the route home grows less certain. Lorez was satellite navigationed, checking the same street corner against three contradictory routes. satellite partied adj. Drunk on the strength of a larger gathering, while maintaining a separate and poorly funded celebration of your own. satellite phoned adj. Drunk since last orders, and connecting to everyone except the person who can actually arrange the taxi. satellite planeted adj. Drunk by the third round, and revolving around the larger body of the evening without quite belonging to it.
satellite sphinxed adj. Drunk by closing time, and remaining motionless and inscrutable beneath the moth-like pull of the exit light. Azja stood satellite sphinxed by the doorway, observing the coat queue without explanation.