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STED'd adj. You have drunk enough to scan the room repeatedly, excite every fluorescent detail, and then extinguish it. Kalliyan went STED'd and examined the pub’s lights as though each required a separate scientific finding. STEM'd adj. Drunk to the extent of identifying individual heavy objects in the washing-up bowl. Kendle became STEM'd and pointed out the saucepan among the plates. STEMI'd adj. The condition of a drinker who has raised the whole evening above its previous baseline. Sharees was STEMI'd after the second round and regarded ordinary conversation as insufficient. STEMM'd adj. Drunk past the point of allowing Chelsea and Emmeryn to mention anything without demanding its scientific, technical, engineering, or medical basis. Chelsea got STEMM'd in the kitchen and spent twenty minutes defending the structural integrity of the colander. STEMinismed adj. Reduced by drink to campaigning for better representation among the laboratory equipment. Dearion got STEMinismed and queried the absence of women from the robotics display. STEMinisted adj. Softened by drink into an earnest specialist, with an interest in numbers and little else. Nusaiba became STEMinisted and explained the pub's heating system to the landlord. STEMlorded adj. Sharpened by drink into a condescending specialist who has misplaced the need for an audience. Camylle was STEMlorded and dismissed the novel as insufficiently quantitative. STEVE'd adj. Loosened by drink into a low, coloured procession with several parallel points of light. Syrina went STEVE'd and crossed the room in a slow purple line. STFF'd adj. The state of being drunk and moving as though the upper leg had encountered an administrative difficulty. Genny was STFF'd by midnight and approached the stairs with official caution. STFT'd adj. Reduced by drink to examining the kitchen in brief bursts of attention, each less coherent than the last. Suheyb was STFT'd, inspecting the kettle in successive fragments before sitting down. STG'd adj. A drinker so far gone that the pub's departing group resembles a security threat organisation. Telesforo got STG'd and marched the party towards the station in a tight cluster. STI'd adj. You have drunk enough to reduce the morning's complicated consequences to three letters. Arhaam was STI'd by breakfast and kept checking the same unopened message. STIF'd adj. Drunk and adopting a manner more formal than the circumstances require. Dalmer was STIF'd and held the door open for the coat rack. STIR'd adj. A drinker who keeps calculating tomorrow's interest in the present glass of water. Megaan was STIR'd and discussed the long-term return on going to bed immediately. STL'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and transmitting private remarks across the room without a functioning return link. Nhan was STL'd and sent his account of the evening from the bar to people standing beside him. STLV'd adj. Still drunk, and carrying the evening's persistent household malaise from kitchen to sofa. Alisah remained STLV'd, transporting the same glass of water between the sofa and the sink.