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V-1'd adj. Drunk beyond the point of a controlled approach, arriving at each friend with considerable prior momentum. Loir went V-1'd into the birthday toast and displaced the vase. V-10'd adj. Drunk to the extent of running on ten cylinders, arranged in two banks and not entirely synchronised. Alieyah was V-10'd and produced ten separate reasons for staying another hour. V-12'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and running twelve cylinders in two banks towards an uncertain destination. Vuthy was V-12'd and continued towards the door after the door had closed. V-2'd adj. Drunk in a way that commits the evening to a distant destination, with little provision for return. Kascha got V-2'd and announced plans for breakfast in a town nobody had mentioned. V-6'd adj. Sufficiently drunk to require six cylinders, arranged in two banks and answering different questions. Jamykal was V-6'd and gave each half of the table a separate explanation. V-8'd adj. Having drunk more than eight cylinders would reasonably recommend, with both banks still attempting forward motion. Mikael was V-8'd and accelerated gently into the coat stand. V-Popped adj. Drunk and singing Vietnamese pop music with the confidence of someone who has checked neither words nor tune. Ariyiah went V-Popped and supplied the chorus to a song nobody recognised. V-barred adj. Drunk, with the result that every sentence contains an unnecessary verb and an audience waiting for it to end. Amer became V-barred and supplied verbs to the waiter until the queue moved on. V-berthed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you folded into the nearest corner while companions conduct the rescue. Brooklin was V-berthed beneath the stairs, where Mikee found a coat and a glass of water. V-carded adj. Softened by drink into discussing private beginnings with people met only that evening. Kailana became V-carded and made the new neighbours part of a very personal conversation. V-cutted adj. Drunk to the extent of dividing every group sharply, usually by sitting precisely between its factions. Abdulraheem went V-cutted and split the dinner party along the length of the table. V-fibbed adj. Drunk to the extent of quivering through each plan while insisting the evening remains under control. Khaleigh went V-fibbed and tried to organise taxis by drawing a timetable on a coaster. V-formed adj. Drunk on the strength of formal address, applying it to friends, relatives, and the person serving crisps. Desmand got V-formed and addressed his sister as though presenting credentials at court. V-girled adj. Having drunk more than the patriotic occasion required, and enlisted everyone present in its support. Kieriana was V-girled, presenting Yazareth with a thoroughly unrequested programme of encouragement. V-lined adj. Drunk by the third round, and increasingly inclined to explain a personal outline to strangers. Dawton was V-lined and gave the new barman an anatomical account nobody had sought. V-lip redhorsed adj. Softened by drink into a quiet freshwater fish with a red lateral stripe and little interest in proceedings. Eva-leigh spent the evening near the radiator, V-lip redhorsed and faintly aquatic.