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uplighted adj. Drunk by closing time, and illuminating the ceiling while searching for the light switch. uplightered adj. Still drunk, and directing all available attention upwards, particularly when asked about the missing keys. uplightinged adj. Too drunk to aim attention downwards, even when the toast has fallen there. Deb was uplightinged, searching the ceiling for the toast she had just dropped. uplined adj. Drunk to the extent of travelling mentally towards the main terminus while remaining at the same table. uplinked adj. Sufficiently drunk to transmit every recollection of the evening directly to the nearest listener. uplistinged adj. Having drunk enough to promote the least important morning tasks above all others. uploadabilitied adj. You are drunk and still sufficiently coherent for the morning's evidence to be shared. uploadabled adj. Of a drinker: capable of being sent to bed, though not yet capable of finding it. Ava-marie was uploadabled to bed, though still unable to locate it. uploaded (/əpˈləʊdd/) adj. You have drunk enough to transfer last night's errors bodily into the morning. uploadered adj. Of a drinker who has transferred every detail of the night except the embarrassing parts. uploadinged (/ˈʌpˌləʊdɪŋd/) adj. Describing a drinker who is gradually transferring last night's events into an unreliable account. Lateresa was uploadinged over tea, adding new passengers to the taxi with each retelling. uplocked adj. A drinker who keeps the landing gear retracted, even when standing would be advisable. uplookered adj. A drinker so far gone that the ceiling seems to contain the morning's only reliable information. Madiline was uplookered, studying the ceiling while her tea cooled untouched. upmaed adj. The state of being drunk and reduced, by morning, to a warm bowl and careful silence. upmakered adj. The condition of a drinker who rearranges every page except the account of last night. upmakinged adj. The drunkenness of one who builds a temporary platform from whatever is available, then sleeps on it.