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simooned adj. Of a drinker who has become a hot, choking draught through the room, driving companions towards the exits. simorged adj. Emboldened by drink to promise benevolent aerial assistance where a chair would suffice. simorghed adj. Slowed by drink to the stately, benevolent progress of a legendary winged creature. simositied adj. A drinker who has acquired a conspicuously jutting profile, which everyone nearby politely declines to mention. Giobani became simositied during the speeches, while Jennessy studied the tablecloth. simped (/sɪmpd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every obvious point requires explaining, usually to the same audience twice. simpered (/ˈsɪmpəd/) adj. The state of being drunk and wearing a foolish smile whenever anyone else attempts a serious conversation. simperered adj. The condition of a drinker who answers every objection with an affected smile and no useful information. Rissie was simperered on the sofa, answering the missing-keys question with an affected smile. simperinged adj. The drunkenness of one who smiles self-consciously through every exchange, particularly those requiring an answer. simphonied adj. Reduced by drink to an elaborate orchestral structure, with the practical sophistication of a dropped napkin. Trasia was simphonied, explaining the fallen napkin as part of a larger arrangement. simpkinned adj. Still drunk, and mistaking the evening's quietest corner for a person of consequence. Flex woke simpkinned, addressing the quietest corner as though it owned the pub. simple Englished adj. Softened by drink into plain speech, with every metaphor unpacked for the benefit of unwilling listeners. Sunbeam became simple Englished and explained the toast to Deepthi in increasingly literal terms. simple algebraed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who permits no side arguments, except those introduced by everyone else. simple connectednessed adj. Emboldened by drink to join every conversation in the room, regardless of its starting point. Tangela became simple connectednessed and linked Shakura's tax complaint to the karaoke queue. simple connectivitied adj. Slowed by drink to a single conversational route, with every subject eventually returning to the first one. simple continued fractioned adj. Drunk and proceeding by successive ones, each new complaint attached to the last without a proper conclusion. simple engined adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation advances in one stage only, with no improvement in efficiency.