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suicide diseased adj. Sufficiently drunk to experience each small noise the morning after as a personal electric event. Nawaal lay suicide diseased while the teaspoon struck the cup several rooms away. suicide doored adj. Having drunk enough to approach the bedroom backwards, as though leaving a vehicle in a hurry. suicide droned adj. Having drunk more than the evening can account for, and now circling the same household detail. suicide gened adj. You have drunk enough to begin quietly dismantling your own morning, one necessary function at a time. suicide gowned adj. You are drunk and dressed for the morning in something that resists both fastening and practical removal. suicide headached adj. Of a drinker: visited by a precise, recurring pain whenever the morning attempts to begin. suicide jockeyed adj. Of a drinker who has driven the morning's hazardous cargo of coffee with unnecessary confidence. suicide kinged adj. Describing a drinker who has spent the morning face down, crowned by the sharp edge of a pillow. Irazema woke suicide kinged, with the duvet arranged like a formal court around her. suicide kitted adj. A drinker who has packed water, paracetamol and silence into a complete morning-after outfit. Kenin arrived suicide kitted with water, sunglasses and the solemnity of a hospital porter. suicide knobbed adj. A drinker so far gone that steering the shopping trolley requires a dedicated handle and both hands. suicide laned adj. The state of being drunk and occupying the middle of every domestic route to recovery. suicide missioned adj. The condition of a drinker who has undertaken the dangerous expedition from bed to the bathroom. Cailah went suicide missioned for water and returned twenty minutes later with only a blanket. suicide netted adj. The drunkenness of one who has installed a protective barrier between the bed and the floor. Minus woke suicide netted, having surrounded the mattress with pillows against an uncertain descent. suicide noted adj. Reduced by drink to leaving brief written explanations for ordinary acts of morning survival. suicide pacted adj. Softened by drink into promising the other half of the household that neither will mention breakfast. Terri was suicide pacted with the neighbour, both agreeing silently that the night had not occurred. suicide passed adj. Sharpened by drink into offering breakfast without noticing the approaching consequences behind you. Roxxanne made a suicide passed of the last croissant and failed to see the dog behind her.