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selection biased adj. Drunk by closing time, and choosing evidence that the next round remains both necessary and available. Kailaya was selection biased, citing the full glass while ignoring the closing lights. selection effected adj. Drunk and convinced that every disagreement merely proves the room was badly sampled. selection ruled adj. Too drunk to distinguish permitted transitions from prohibited movements between bar, pavement and taxi. selection sorted adj. Sufficiently drunk to divide the evening into completed rounds and those still awaiting completion. Cathlin became selection sorted, placing finished glasses on one side and promises of drinks on the other. selectioned (/səˈlɛkʃənd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and conducting a laborious process of choosing where to sleep. Arizbeth was selectioned and compared every sofa before choosing the floor. selectionismed adj. Having drunk enough to regard every missed train as evidence that the survivors are better adapted. Doralyn was selectionismed and considered the remaining taxi passengers a naturally selected group. selectionisted adj. Having drunk more than the available evidence supports, and advocating another round as natural law. selectiostated adj. You have drunk enough to resemble a portable apparatus for cultivating whatever survives the evening. selective advantaged adj. You are drunk and convinced that your particular route home confers a survival benefit. Thristan was selective advantaged and rejected the direct taxi in favour of a supposedly fitter route. selective breedinged adj. Of a drinker who has bred a superior strain of coat-carrying companion through repeated evenings out. Worden was selective breedinged, having produced a remarkably dependable escort for four coats. selective collectioned adj. Describing a drinker who gathers recyclable bottles separately, while classifying all coats as personal property. Avanthika was selective collectioned, sorting bottles carefully before collecting three unclaimed scarves. selective compressioned adj. A drinker who reduces the journey home to its important details: door, bed, and no unnecessary conversation. Najma was selective compressioned, omitting the entire middle portion of the journey home. selective distortioned adj. A drinker so far gone that every timetable supports the belief that the last train is waiting. Estella was selective distortioned, interpreting a cancelled service as evidence of imminent departure. selective eating disordered adj. The state of being drunk and accepting only chips, toast or food personally removed from someone else’s plate. selective fired adj. The drunkenness of one who can choose which memories to discharge, retaining only the flattering departure. selective memoried adj. Softened by drink into remembering the first round, the last orders and nothing between.