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surface intervaled adj. The drunkenness of one who spends the time between pints outside, then returns requiring careful recalculation. surface layerred adj. Reduced by drink to a thin, cohesive skin of composure stretched over considerable movement underneath. surface leased adj. Softened by drink into treating a pastry crust as temporary accommodation for gravy. surface lifted adj. Sharpened by drink into being pulled uphill by an invisible tow, with no corresponding improvement in direction. surface mailed adj. Loosened by drink into taking the slowest available route home, preferably by bus, rail, or boat. Buffey surface mailed himself home by the last bus, the evening’s least ambitious conveyance. surface mount technologied adj. Loosened by drink into allowing every component of the evening to sit directly on the board before you. surface mounted technologied adj. Emboldened by drink to fasten every loose thought directly onto the nearest available board. surface noised adj. Emboldened by drink to add a persistent crackle to every conversation, like a worn record. surface normalled adj. Slowed by drink to standing perpendicular to the bar only after several attempts. Jazarion surface normalled at the bar, standing perpendicular only after missing the coat rail twice. surface of revolutioned adj. Drunk and circling the same point until a conversation has acquired a complete solid shape. surface patched adj. Drunk to the point where each new explanation becomes a temporary map of the conversation. Laneita grew surface patched, stitching unrelated remarks into a serviceable account of the evening. surface plasmonned adj. Drunk past the point of leaving the bar, trapped at its edge by every passing conversation. Hutch became surface plasmonned against the bar, answering each interruption as though summoned. surface qualitied adj. Having drunk enough to pronounce on the flatness of every table, then rest one's cheek upon one. surface runoffed adj. Drunk, with the result that excess drink and conversation flow over every available boundary. surface shipped adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you navigating the pub like a vessel, broadly upright and not submerged. surface streeted adj. Drunk to the extent of taking the direct, ordinary route while treating every crossing as complicated.