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STEMlorded adj. Sharpened by drink into a condescending specialist who has misplaced the need for an audience. Camylle was STEMlorded and dismissed the novel as insufficiently quantitative. STEVE'd adj. Loosened by drink into a low, coloured procession with several parallel points of light. Syrina went STEVE'd and crossed the room in a slow purple line. STFF'd adj. The state of being drunk and moving as though the upper leg had encountered an administrative difficulty. Genny was STFF'd by midnight and approached the stairs with official caution. STFT'd adj. Reduced by drink to examining the kitchen in brief bursts of attention, each less coherent than the last. Suheyb was STFT'd, inspecting the kettle in successive fragments before sitting down. STG'd adj. A drinker so far gone that the pub's departing group resembles a security threat organisation. Telesforo got STG'd and marched the party towards the station in a tight cluster. STI'd adj. You have drunk enough to reduce the morning's complicated consequences to three letters. Arhaam was STI'd by breakfast and kept checking the same unopened message. STIF'd adj. Drunk and adopting a manner more formal than the circumstances require. Dalmer was STIF'd and held the door open for the coat rack. STIR'd adj. A drinker who keeps calculating tomorrow's interest in the present glass of water. Megaan was STIR'd and discussed the long-term return on going to bed immediately. STL'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and transmitting private remarks across the room without a functioning return link. Nhan was STL'd and sent his account of the evening from the bar to people standing beside him. STLV'd adj. Still drunk, and carrying the evening's persistent household malaise from kitchen to sofa. Alisah remained STLV'd, transporting the same glass of water between the sofa and the sink. STM'd adj. The condition of a drinker who has achieved remarkable certainty about details too small for anyone else to see. Claritsa got STM'd and identified a microscopic flaw in the pub's otherwise adequate plan. STN'd adj. Slowed by drink to the point where the brain's traffic-control department requires a written request. Deiniol got STN'd and took several minutes to decide whether the door was an exit. STOBAR'd adj. You have drunk enough to attempt departure, arrest your recovery, and regard the landing as successful. Shylyn went STOBAR'd at the front door, stopping abruptly before reaching the pavement. STOLI'd adj. Sharpened by drink into treating an unfamiliar financial arrangement as a personal invitation. Gurjap was STOLI'd and offered insurance advice to a stranger at the bar. STOLported adj. Drunk to the point where a short journey requires a carefully chosen landing strip. Isaian was STOLported and approached the narrow space beside the sofa with concentration. STOVL'd adj. Drunk to the point where getting upright requires a brief run-up followed by a vertical departure from bed. Crysten was STOVL'd, gathered speed along the landing and rose directly into the bathroom.