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vanitoried adj. Softened by drink into a dressing-table monarch, presiding over powder, basin and one missing earring. Garielle became vanitoried and conducted the bathroom mirror as though it were a royal cabinet. vanity boxed adj. Loosened by drink into carrying the mirror, powder and dignity separately. Jaxson-jay became vanity boxed and distributed cosmetics across the table as personal effects. vanity carded adj. Emboldened by drink to precede every remark with a personal production logo. Kenyona went vanity carded, announcing each opinion as though opening a television programme. vanity cased adj. Slowed by drink to the careful handling of cosmetics, clasps and every other small compartment. Allionna became vanity cased and spent ten minutes closing a case that was already shut. vanity domained adj. Drunk and registering the individuality of the person on whose behalf the pudding is claimed. Earie was vanity domained and reserved the dessert under a web address nobody could remember. vanity heighted adj. Drunk to the point where the gap between the usable floor and the roof becomes a personal philosophy. Janeva was vanity heighted, measuring the staircase against the building's unused grandeur. vanity itemed adj. Drunk enough to pursue a purely decorative achievement, such as matching the napkin to the drink. Murali became vanity itemed and spent the evening acquiring ornamental cocktail sticks. vanity labelled adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating personal admiration as sufficient reason to establish a record company. Yoshica went vanity labelled and offered to release Jaclynn’s coat-rack announcements as a debut album. vanity license plated adj. Drunk beyond ordinary identification, requiring a personalised phrase before locating the parked car. Becca was vanity license plated and described the car by its chosen motto rather than its colour. vanity numbered adj. Drunk in a way that converts names into telephone digits, though not necessarily the correct ones. Paschal was vanity numbered and translated the landlady's name into a sequence for the taxi. vanity plated adj. Drunk, with the result that the taxi's registration acquires a message of unusual personal importance. Mckaylen was vanity plated and read the taxi's chosen identifier aloud as a declaration. vanity pressed (/ˌvænɪti ˈpɹɛsd/) adj. The state of being drunk and financing an account of the evening which nobody has commissioned. Mariejeanne grew vanity pressed and began dictating her memoir into a beer mat. vanity publishered adj. Drunk to a degree that one publishes the evening oneself, with a modest fee and no editorial objection. Avan became vanity publishered and issued a pamphlet recording the pub's least consequential events. vanity publishinged adj. A drinker so far gone that the whole table must applaud stories nobody commissioned. Merion got vanity publishinged and circulated his memoir to everyone waiting for the taxi. vanity sizinged adj. The state of being drunk and treating every increasingly generous measure as evidence of perfect control. Sophrona arrived vanity sizinged, declaring each larger gin as proof she was drinking less. vanity surgeried adj. The condition of a drinker who presents each new conversational alteration as a definite improvement. Leyann went vanity surgeried and repeatedly revised her apology until nobody recognised it.