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V blocked adj. The drunkenness of one who threads every conversation round the same subject before losing the thread. Kievon got V blocked and dragged the discussion through three rooms without reaching a conclusion. V carded adj. Reduced by drink to treating an absent history as the evening's most urgent public information. Lahan got V carded and disclosed personal matters to the entire queue for the lavatory. V engined adj. Sharpened by drink into running two separate conversations at once, both connected to the same exhausted audience. Sophie-rose went V engined and kept two groups occupied with the same anecdote. V lined adj. Drunk since last orders, and revealing the evening's private geometry to anyone standing close enough. Sarilyn became V lined and demonstrated the relevant angle to three unwilling companions. V mothed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired two dark opinions on the forehead and cannot explain their symmetry. Clutch was V mothed, displaying two suspicious marks while denying any contact with the pudding. V nickelled adj. Loosened by drink into spending small change as though every coin were a persuasive argument. Tilley got V nickelled and tipped the coat-check attendant repeatedly for the same coat. V particled adj. Emboldened by drink to split from the conversation, decay briefly, and reappear elsewhere without explanation. Odali became V particled and emerged beside the piano with no memory of crossing the room. V roofed adj. Slowed by drink to a broad, careful angle whenever an ordinary doorway is approached. Sabu went V roofed and negotiated the pub entrance with the concentration of a surveyor. V signed adj. Drunk and offering victory or peace to people who have plainly requested neither. Chyenne got V signed and made conciliatory gestures at the coat stand. V speeded adj. Drunk enough to select an airspeed for walking home and announce it to everyone nearby. Jazon got V speeded and lectured the group on the correct pace for crossing the car park. V triaded adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that a conversation has acquired an unnecessary third party. Deana became V triaded and introduced two strangers as though arranging a permanent household. V'd (/viːd/) adj. Describing a drinker who addresses each object in the pub as though it were listening. Claudean got V'd and appealed to the coat stand for a ruling on his tab. 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.