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spring mixed adj. Sharpened by drink into a salad of young ideas, each fresh and none properly washed. Kio became spring mixed and proposed combining the book club with a fire drill. spring netted adj. Loosened by drink into a closing net that catches whatever idea happens to pass. spring of porked adj. Emboldened by drink to regard every lower, meatier course of action as available. spring onioned adj. Slowed by drink to the delicate, bulbous reasoning of someone explaining a simple matter repeatedly. Charhonda became spring onioned and took four minutes to open a packet. spring padlocked adj. Drunk and snapping shut on a decision before anyone can explain the latch is facing the wrong way. spring parsleyed adj. Drunk to the point where an innocent herb inspires a confident but unnecessary lecture. Anniebelle became spring parsleyed and diagnosed the garnish as medicinal. spring peepered adj. Drunk enough to announce every decision in a small, persistent voice until the room submits. spring pinned adj. Drunk past the point of regulating pressure, yet still volunteering to manage the machinery. spring pocketed adj. Drunk beyond discretion about private arrangements, and inclined to discuss them publicly. spring poled adj. Drunk in a way that makes every elastic idea seem capable of launching a person. spring quillworted adj. Drunk, with the result that a rare aquatic plant becomes grounds for an immediate expedition. spring reverbed adj. A drinker who hears the kitchen, sofa and glass of water returning in separate echoes. Sameia was spring reverbed, answering the kettle from the sofa as though it were in another room. spring ridered adj. A drinker so far gone that the sofa is treated as playground equipment, gently rocked until sleep. spring rockered adj. The state of being drunk and rocking steadily between the sofa and the kitchen. Cidalia was spring rockered, moving the full length of the sofa without standing up. spring rolled adj. The condition of a drinker who has wrapped themselves in a blanket and requested something fried. spring saddled adj. The drunkenness of one who has made the sofa bear the whole weight of the evening. Laruth was spring saddled, sunk into the sofa with the remote balanced across their middle.