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upward-facing dogged adj. Emboldened by drink to raise the chest, expose the stomach, and call it recovery. upwarded (/ˈʌpwədd/) adj. Reduced by drink to occupying the upper part of the bed, with the rest left below. Ayaina woke upwarded, clutching the duvet while her feet remained on the floor. upwardnessed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where going upstairs is an afternoon project. upwarped adj. Having drunk enough to mistake every slight rise in the pavement for a geological event requiring leadership. Shaton was upwarped, treating the doorstep's slight rise as a geological appointment. upwarpinged adj. Having drunk more than was sensible, and now treating the gradual swelling of confidence as a public improvement scheme. Candiss upwarpinged in the kitchen, mistaking rising confidence for a municipal improvement. upwashed adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the air thrown upwards by machinery for personal assistance. upwellinged adj. You are drunk and drawing bold conclusions from a source nobody else can locate. upwinged adj. Of a drinker: experiencing a sudden surge of confidence, followed by an equally sudden change of plan. upwrapped adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a modest rise in spirits for a complete rearrangement of the landscape. upzoninged adj. Describing a drinker who has licensed every foolish impulse for more intensive use. Rasheema became upzoninged and converted the quiet corner into a headquarters. ur-ancestored adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation begins with him and ends in prehistory. ur-continented adj. The condition of a drinker who has consolidated unrelated people into one primordial territory of agreement. ur-cultured adj. The drunkenness of one who has reduced every custom to an original ritual and himself to its authority. ur-formed adj. Sufficiently drunk to return to a basic or original domestic form: blanket, sofa and water. Ronaldo became ur-formed on the sofa, reduced to blanket, glass and quiet breathing. ur-heroed adj. Reduced by drink to an ancestral champion, chiefly in matters requiring no particular courage. Amram became ur-heroed and volunteered to negotiate with the vending machine. ur-homelanded adj. Softened by drink into believing that any familiar chair is an ancestral territory worth defending.