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semi-elasticitied adj. Drunk since last orders, and responding disproportionately to small changes in the room, especially the distance to water. semi-evergreened adj. Sharpened by drink into a morning-after plant that keeps some leaves, but surrenders the rest. semi-fascismed adj. Still drunk, and organising the household into a small, rigid regime centred on the sofa. Blerton was semi-fascismed, issuing kitchen instructions nobody had requested. semi-fascisted adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning divided between authoritarian certainty and administrative confusion. Loay arrived semi-fascisted, issuing firm instructions about toast and losing the toaster immediately. semi-finalisted adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard reaching the sofa as a competition, with the glass of water as the prize. Monterrian became semi-finalisted, narrowly defeating the hallway before collapsing beside the sofa. semi-finalled adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced the party to four possible survivors, none fit to proceed. Lucas-gabriel was semi-finalled, with Carleena and two strangers still disputing the taxi. semi-harmonicked adj. Having drunk enough to turn every household sound into a deliberately incorrect musical note. semi-heavy watered adj. Having drunk more than enough to require water of unusual composition, and still spilling the ordinary kind. semi-hibernationed adj. You are drunk and conserving just enough energy to reach the sofa, the blanket, and the water. semi-highwayed adj. Of a drinker: proceeding along a narrow domestic route while the second lane remains unavailable. semi-humanned adj. The drunkenness of one who retains speech and posture while leaving the household decisions to instinct. Tristram went semi-humanned and attempted to feed the houseplant, despite Erran's objections. semi-invarianted adj. A drinker who preserves the same attachment to one sofa cushion despite every other change in circumstance. semi-learned borrowinged adj. Having drunk enough to import a grand expression, then reshape it according to local pub pronunciation. semi-liquidded adj. You have drunk enough to occupy the middle ground between standing and spreading across the furniture. semi-log papered adj. The condition of a drinker who spaces domestic events unevenly, recording every trip to the kitchen with increasing care. semi-loopered adj. The drunkenness of one who advances by arching over the coffee table and bringing the back half forward.