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singular existential statemented adj. Drunk past the point of treating the glass of water as proof that someone, somewhere, exists. singular matrixed adj. Drunk beyond arranging the kitchen into a square nobody can invert without moving the fridge. singular statemented adj. Drunk in a way that leaves only fixed assertions, such as ‘the water is cold’. singular value decompositioned adj. Drunk to a degree that breaks the evening into three domestic components, with the water standing exactly in the middle. singulare tantumed adj. Drunk to the extent of using only singular nouns, including ‘glass’, ‘sofa’, and ‘morning’. Kharmin was singulare tantumed, requesting one glass, one sofa and one morning after last orders. singulared (/ˈsɪŋ.ɡjʊ.ləd/) adj. Of a drinker: reduced to one certainty, which is repeated until mistaken for evidence. singularisationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced every household decision to one answer: lie down. singularismed adj. Drunk on the strength of one interpretation: that the sofa is the correct bed for tonight. Aleahya was singularismed and rejected every suggestion that the bedroom remained available. singularisted adj. Drunk since last orders, and affecting singularity by eating one cold chip with ceremony. singularitarianed adj. Drunk past the point of tolerating more than one future, namely the one involving another drink. Fraak was singularitarianed and dismissed every proposed destination except the nearest bar. singularitied (/ˌsɪŋɡjəˈlæɹətɪd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and peculiar enough to thank the kettle before sitting down. Idora was singularitied, thanking the kettle and then apologising to the sofa. singularizationed adj. Still drunk, and turning every collection in the kitchen into one highly personal object. Victorea was singularizationed, calling the pile of washing-up a single important matter. singularnessed adj. Too drunk to share the sofa, the blanket, or the last clear thought with anyone else. singulationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to identify one particular glass by its serial number and refuse all substitutes. Melvan was singulationed and searched the kitchen for the exact tumbler he had just abandoned. singulatived adj. Having drunk enough to turn every household phrase into a special form referring to one person. singulted (/ˈsɪŋɡəltd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening could absorb, and reduced to one solemn sob over the sofa. Jahier was singulted, sitting beside the water and producing a single restrained sob.