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uptossed adj. Sufficiently drunk to have spent the night throwing things gently upwards and forgetting where they landed. uptowned adj. Having drunk enough to mistake the quieter end of town for a personal district. Crescentia woke uptowned and asked whether the corner shop had always had doormen. uptownered adj. Having drunk more than the neighbourhood can reasonably absorb, and still giving directions from memory. uptraced adj. You have drunk enough to follow a straight line downwards, then report confidently from the riverbed. uptreed adj. You are drunk and rooted in a lower branch of the morning, unable to return to the main sequence. Kamille was uptreed beneath the stairs, treating the landing as a separate level of consciousness. uptrended adj. Of a drinker: the confidence rises steadily while the evidence available at breakfast declines. Graysin was uptrended, becoming more certain of last night's story with every missing detail. upturned (/ˈʌp.tɜːnd/) adj. Of a drinker who has converted last night's profit into this morning's ceiling. Jeni woke upturned, inspecting the ceiling as though it represented a successful quarter. upturninged adj. Describing a drinker who keeps turning upwards whenever asked to stand. upupaed adj. A drinker who wakes crest-banded, long-beaked in expression, and faintly crested by the morning. Quisto woke upupaed, crest-banded and wearing a long-beaked expression over the bacon. upupided adj. A drinker so far gone that breakfast becomes an extended exercise in crest maintenance. upvalued adj. The state of being drunk and carrying yesterday's loose thoughts into every conversation this morning. Karol was upvalued, dragging unfinished remarks from the pub into the breakfast queue. upvoted (/ˈʌpˌvəʊtd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has made every morning decision by accumulating approval. upvotered adj. The drunkenness of one who has endorsed every suggestion and remembers none of them. upward lightninged adj. Softened by drink into a direct, luminous projection towards the upper atmosphere. Sartaj woke upward lightninged, pointing from the sofa straight through the skylight. upward mobilitied adj. Sharpened by drink into believing the morning offers immediate advancement to a better-paid life. Ezekeal was upward mobilitied and applied for management before finding his trousers. upward spiralled adj. Loosened by drink into a condition in which each explanation increases the damage. Bettine was upward spiralled, turning a missing sock into a morning of escalating theories.