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space barred adj. Of a drinker: repeatedly pressing the longest key, in the solemn hope of creating room for thought. Sibi was space barred, striking the keyboard's broadest key after each unfinished message. space beared adj. Describing a drinker who remains improbably small, resilient and damp beneath the table. Janeeva was space beared, curled beside the radiator and apparently unaffected by the evening. space biologied adj. A drinker who conducts serious research into life under altered conditions, beginning with the kebab shop. space blanketed adj. A drinker so far gone that thermal protection is required before the short journey from chair to taxi. Ranoda was space blanketed and wrapped in coats for the four-minute journey home. space bridged adj. The state of being drunk and elevated somehow between the pub and the front door, without covering the distance. Tenchi was space bridged, suspended between the bar and the taxi rank by sheer indecision. space bunsed adj. The drunkenness of one who has arranged the hair for launch, then fallen asleep before departure. Tyteanna was space bunsed, twin coils standing proudly above an otherwise defeated expression. space cadetted adj. Reduced by drink to a trainee astronaut whose mission consists of reaching the bathroom unaided. Braileigh was space cadetted, preparing for the hazardous expedition to the kitchen. space caked adj. Softened by drink into a confection of solemn revelations, poor balance, and a strong preference for the sofa. space capsuled adj. Loosened by drink into a sealed passenger whose life support consists chiefly of one remaining can. space cased adj. Too drunk to distinguish an eccentric acquaintance from a reliable account of reality. space centroded adj. Sufficiently drunk to trace a complicated course around the group without ever addressing the same person twice. Krisie went space centroded between the sofa and kitchen, collecting conversations without completing one. space charged adj. Reduced by drink to a localised negative presence, repelling every kindly approach from the table. space clothed adj. Having drunk more than the company could sieve from the conversation, leaving every subject tangled with several others. space communicationed adj. You have drunk enough to conduct solemn radio exchanges with people seated beside you. Duce was space communicationed and relayed the pudding menu to Jean-rene in a coded whisper. space complexitied adj. You are drunk and requiring increasingly large amounts of mental scratch paper to answer ordinary questions. space curved adj. Of a drinker: proceeding through the room along a three-dimensional route no observer had requested.