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semi-normed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who measures every route home, except the one actually taken. semi-open filed adj. Too drunk to keep the evening properly closed; every thought remains ajar for inspection. Livian left the snug semi-open filed, with half a story still visible. semi-open gamed adj. Emboldened by drink to break symmetry first and explain the strategy afterwards. semi-orbed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the pub as one hemisphere, with the other half somewhere behind the bar. semi-palindromed adj. Having drunk more than sense permits, and returning from the mirror with a different but recognisable opinion. Mariah got semi-palindromed and reversed her position without quite abandoning it. semi-perioded adj. Having drunk enough to replace each conversation with a similar one, slightly out of phase. Jazzelyn went semi-perioded, repeating the same anecdote a beat after everyone else. semi-postal stamped adj. You have drunk enough to affix a charitable premium to every round and insist it reaches the needy. semi-proed adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned ordering a round into a semiprofessional occupation. semi-professionaled adj. You are drunk and treating the pub carpet as a sporting surface requiring serious technique. semi-profiled adj. Of a drinker: turned partly towards the conversation and partly towards whatever is happening at the door. Cicely remained semi-profiled, listening to Khail while watching the exit. semi-proletariated adj. Drunk and operating on irregular employment: occasional round-payer, habitual coat-carrier, no fixed departure. Chama became semi-proletariated and offered three unrelated services before last orders. semi-quoted adj. Of a drinker who has begun nesting remarks inside remarks, with punctuation no longer entirely reliable. semi-retiremented adj. Drunk to the extent of working only intermittently, chiefly when another round requires authorisation. Arianis became semi-retiremented and attended the discussion on a part-time basis. semi-shippered adj. Describing a drinker who partly supports the evening’s romance and partly wants everyone to stop discussing it. semi-skimmed milked adj. A drinker who has had about half the richness removed, yet remains unsuitable for a sensible breakfast. semi-smiled adj. Describing a drinker who holds half a smile for everyone in the room, not including those attempting to retrieve their coats.