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spoilervirginned adj. Still drunk, and determined to avoid learning where anyone is going until the morning provides the ending. spoilerwhored adj. Sharpened by drink into seeking revelations about stories before properly encountering them. spoilfived adj. Emboldened by drink to pursue five tricks while remaining constitutionally incapable of winning three. spoilinged adj. Slowed by drink to plunder at the considered pace of a municipal committee examining its acquisitions. Mahum was spoilinged, taking several minutes to appropriate a packet of crisps from the table. spoils of warred adj. Drunk and cataloguing every petty gain as though it had been extracted after a successful campaign. spoils systemed adj. Drunk to the point where every available responsibility is offered to supporters rather than the qualified. spoilsmanned adj. Drunk enough to regard public office as a modest personal dividend for having attended the right gathering. spoilsmongered adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing civic appointment from a promise made to secure another round. Cynetha was spoilsmongered, offering Alnisa the deputy barstool in exchange for continued allegiance. spoilsported (/ˈspɔɪl.spɔːtd/) adj. Drunk in a way that terminates other people's amusement while preserving an air of reluctant public service. Necola was spoilsported, ending the quiz precisely when Roopa had begun to improve. spoilsportismed adj. Drunk, with the result that every innocent pleasure is recast as a breach of respectable conduct. spoke keyed adj. Drunk to the extent of adjusting every tension in the room with a small, inappropriate instrument. spoke wrenched adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated adjustments, none of which improve the wheel or the conversation. spoke-boned adj. Drunk since last orders, and furnished with a small internal prominence on which every tendon of conversation catches. spoke-dogged adj. Drunk by the third round, and applying force to the outer edges of matters that require gentler persuasion. Daysha was spoke-dogged, driving every conversation towards its rim with unnecessary leverage. spoke-shaved adj. Drunk on the strength of which every rough edge of yesterday is methodically smoothed away by noon. spoked (/spəʊkd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that the limbs arrange themselves radially around an uncertain central purpose.