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vanity tabled adj. The drunkenness of one who has made the nearest mirror a confidant and everyone else an audience. Dorothye got vanity tabled and discussed her evening with the mirror for twenty minutes. vanjaraed adj. A drinker so far gone that every bag of provisions appears worth transporting across the plateau. Rhali became vanjaraed and offered to carry everyone's snacks to the other side of the room. vanjarrahed adj. The state of being drunk and quietly itinerant, with provisions taking priority over direction. Maxola was vanjarrahed and reorganised the crisps according to their usefulness on a journey. vankyrinned adj. Reduced by drink to an infectious little knot of repeated grievances, passed between companions. Kemari became vankyrinned and seeded the same complaint through every conversation. vanlifed adj. Softened by drink into believing the pavement, a blanket and three companions constitute a permanent home. Ercie went vanlifed and invited the queue to share her imaginary travelling household. vanlifered adj. Sharpened by drink into treating every parked vehicle as a route, a home or an available host. Anajia got vanlifered and tried recruiting passengers for a journey nobody had planned. vanloaded adj. Loosened by drink into carrying an entire evening's social cargo, including people who did not ask to come. Guinivere arrived vanloaded, bringing six opinions and two reluctant acquaintances to dinner. vanmanned adj. Emboldened by drink to transport unwilling company from one conversation to another. Nataniela went vanmanned and relocated three guests before anyone had finished speaking. vanmeersscheited adj. Slowed by drink to a canary-coloured stillness while companions conduct the evening around you. Marcedes became vanmeersscheited and remained yellowly motionless beside the coat stand. vannaed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become exquisitely sensitive to every movement, except the one towards home. Armen was vannaed, calculating the effect of each step while ignoring the staircase. vanned (/vænd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a heavily loaded vehicle, particularly between pub and taxi. Rilee was vanned after the last round, progressing towards the taxi rank with measured bulk. vannellided adj. Drunk and spreading amoebically through every available conversation, without retaining a fixed shape. Riccardo got vannellided and occupied three separate groups before dessert arrived. vannered adj. Drunk to the point where every journey is yours to drive and every passenger is grateful to be corrected. Mando became vannered and gave the sober driver detailed directions from the back seat. vannermanned adj. Drunk enough to concentrate everyone else's scattered ore of conversation into one unrequested opinion. Aujah got vannermanned and sorted the party's gossip into categories nobody wanted. vanninged adj. Drunk past the point of washing an argument clean; every attempt merely spreads it further. Bhoomi went vanninged and distributed the disagreement across all four corners of the room. vanoxerined adj. Drunk beyond the point where pleasure is sought directly, and every exchange becomes a pursuit. Ruari got vanoxerined and chased approval from people who had already gone home.