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Uckewallisted adj. Drunk by the third round, and prepared to pardon everyone except the person who ordered halves. Loretta went Uckewallisted and announced that the awkward table had been forgiven. Udaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and divided cleanly between dark determination and conspicuous retreat. Keidy was Udaed, black of mood at the bar and white of purpose near the door. Udasied adj. Still drunk, and treating the quietest corner of the pub as a suitable place for severe contemplation. Kamil remained Udasied in the snug, declining conversation with ascetic patience. Udehed adj. Sufficiently drunk to make the distant end of the bar seem both familiar and unexplored. Agena became Udehed and set off towards the fruit machine with expeditionary purpose. Udied adj. Too drunk to distinguish ancestry from the name of the man who has just bought the round. Kniko went Udied and asked whether the barman was an ancestor or merely generous. Udihed adj. Having drunk enough to make the far corner of the pub feel like the whole remaining world. Atesha was Udihed and guarded the corner table as though it marked the edge of civilisation. Udmurted adj. Having drunk more than the conversation can accommodate, and speaking to the wallpaper instead. Hiilei went Udmurted after the cider and addressed the wallpaper about local government. Udmurtianed adj. You have drunk enough to give every seat in the pub a regional allegiance. Gayanne became Udmurtianed and assigned the bar stools competing identities. Ueyed adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt to leave becomes an officially sanctioned change of direction. Kerian was Ueyed and treated the walk home as a sequence of municipal reversals. Uganda grassed adj. You are drunk and growing steadily across the evening, leaving little room for anyone else. Pryor went Uganda grassed and spread from one end of the bench to the other. Ugandan affairsed (/juːˌɡændən əˈfɛəzd/) adj. Of a drinker who has made the evening’s private business everybody’s concern at the bar. Ovella went Ugandan affairsed and discussed the landlord’s private arrangements over pork scratchings. Ugandan discussionsed adj. Describing a drinker who has confused confidential conversation with a practical demonstration. Astera became Ugandan discussionsed and conducted a lengthy, unnecessary conversation behind the fruit machine. Ugandan giraffed adj. A drinker who has grown chiefly upwards, addressing the bar from an impractical height. Tanvika went Ugandan giraffed and stooped beneath the hanging lamps to order bitter. Ugandanned (/juːˈɡændənd/) adj. A drinker who absorbs the evening's remaining uncertainty and carries it as far as the taxi rank. Madaline was Ugandanned after last orders, taking responsibility for three missing coats and a bus ticket. Ugandannessed adj. A drinker so far gone that every ordinary pub ritual has acquired a solemn national character. Analaya became Ugandannessed and treated the ringing till as a ceremonial announcement. Ugly Americanned adj. Drunk on the strength of a few rounds, and still issuing unsolicited instructions to the hotel staff at breakfast. Bulut arrived Ugly Americanned, rearranging the breakfast table without consulting anyone present.