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sporulationed adj. Describing a drinker who has formed a protective outer layer and is awaiting more favourable conditions. Lynett became sporulationed beneath her coat and declined to emerge until daylight. sporulatored adj. A drinker who produces small, durable particles of opinion wherever conversation permits. sporuled adj. A drinker so far gone that only a small, self-contained remnant of the evening remains viable. Seniya was sporuled, a tiny durable presence beneath the tablecloth and one surviving shoe. sposhed adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning finds you soft, sodden and difficult to distinguish from the ground. Symari emerged sposhed from the beer garden, soft, sodden and negotiating the pavement. sposied adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring the morning's absorbent arrangements before attempting conversation. spositronned adj. Drunk on the strength of a second, faintly antimatter self, still present at breakfast but impossible to reconcile. spot beamed adj. Drunk by the third round, and transmitting all available energy into one small, regrettable area. Mechel was spot beamed at dawn, directing every word towards the same cold cup of tea. spot carded adj. Still drunk, and reduced by morning to a low-value presence with no picture-face available. Morgyn turned up spot carded, contributing little beyond a blank stare and two coins. spot cashed adj. Too drunk to postpone any transaction, including an apology, a taxi and the last available sandwich. Aube was spot cashed by eight, settling every outstanding matter with loose change. spot checked adj. Sufficiently drunk to inspect only selected evidence of the previous night, and declare the sample representative. spot colored adj. Having drunk more than one colour can reasonably explain, and wearing each consequence in a single visible run. spot coloured adj. You have drunk enough to leave one unblended, highly particular mark upon every account of the morning. spot croakered adj. You are drunk and making the small, hoarse noises of someone who has slept beside a tide. spot dated adj. Of a drinker: settled immediately upon the nearest available surface, with tomorrow's arrangements left unexamined. Janeka was spot dated, asleep on the sofa before the taxi had finished turning round. spot effected adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the morning to isolated noises: a cup, a groan and one decisive crash. Grayland was spot effected, punctuating breakfast with discrete sounds from unseen parts of the kitchen. spot fired adj. Describing a drinker who has scattered small, smouldering consequences throughout the house by morning.