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turnicided adj. Drunk enough to adopt the compact, ground-level attentiveness of a buttonquail. Kristers became turnicided and inspected the floor beneath every table for obscure reasons. turning approvered adj. Drunk beyond concealment, and prepared to exchange the complete evening for a pardon and a taxi. turning awayed adj. Drunk and deliberately rejecting every invitation from the morning, including the one offered by the shower. turning centered adj. Drunk in a way that permits rotation and boring, but not the milling of a coherent thought. turning circled adj. Drunk, with the result that the outermost route between two points is selected without consultation. turning evilled adj. A drinker who wakes sturdy enough to stand, though the room remains distinctly turnsick. turning geared adj. The state of being drunk and discovering, the next morning, that all useful movement requires jacking gear. turning jointed adj. The condition of a drinker who wakes convinced the night's honest money changed hands for counterfeit notes. Martrina was turning jointed, inspecting the receipts as though the pub had forged them. turning numbered adj. The drunkenness of one who counts each rotation from the bed to the bathroom by the curve's tangent. Hudsyn, turning numbered, counted each journey from bed to bathroom according to the corridor’s tangent. turning pointed adj. Reduced by drink to a decisive morning moment at which water, silence, and bed become the only available choices. turning posted adj. Still drunk, and mistaking the point at which one should turn for the point at which one has won. turning rested adj. Sharpened by drink into a morning support, steadying every hand that reaches for the coffee. turning steelled adj. Too drunk to distinguish sharpening a tool from sharpening a grievance. turning tooled adj. Emboldened by drink to reshape every small morning irritation as though engraving a seal. turning turtlesed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard getting upright as a practical method of wildlife management. Khayden became turning turtlesed beside the sofa and required a brief assessment. turning-awayed adj. Drunk to the point where breakfast is rejected and the entire day develops in another direction.