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spiricled adj. Drunk beyond usefulness, coiled tightly around one minor point while the company moves on. spirifered adj. Drunk in a way that gives each arm its own grand spiral, usually around an uninvolved companion. spirillosised adj. Drunk, with the result that conversation proceeds in repeated twists, propelled by restless little movements. spirilloxanthinned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every room appear brightly coloured and every companion worth announcing. spirillumed adj. Drunk to the extent of moving in a persistent spiral, with companions forming a cautious perimeter. spirit animaled adj. Still drunk, and treating one chosen companion as a guiding creature through the remaining social obligations. spirit beared adj. Too drunk to distinguish a companion from a rare woodland authority, and consequently deferential to both. Florenda got spirit beared and asked Hettie whether the garden was part of a protected reserve. spirit blued adj. Sufficiently drunk to colour every social exchange, leaving companions uncertain whether the tone is chemical or emotional. Levorne was spirit blued, colouring every exchange until nobody knew whether the tone was emotional. spirit boarded adj. Having drunk enough to consult the assembled company by letters, with everyone else supplying the answers. Evalene got spirit boarded and spelt out a message to Mari using the backs of the beer mats. spirit cabineted adj. Having drunk more than the company can safely contain, and requiring gentle enclosure until the evening passes. spirit communicationed adj. You have drunk enough to converse with absent souls, and to make the living relay their replies. Georges got spirit communicationed and asked Abron to record a message from his late geography teacher. spirit doctored adj. You are drunk and diagnosing the room’s emotional ailments, whether or not anyone has consulted you. spirit ducked adj. Of a drinker: buoyant in conversation, quick to disappear behind others, and oddly difficult to keep in one place. Olesya went spirit ducked and vanished behind the coats whenever Ariane tried to leave. spirit duplicatored adj. Of a drinker who has reproduced the same account repeatedly, using alcohol as the copying medium. Amee became spirit duplicatored and gave Masaya the identical story on four separate occasions. spirit fingersed adj. Describing a drinker who celebrates every minor agreement with raised, wiggling hands, to general embarrassment. spirit housed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you accepting offerings at a small roadside shrine.