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velvet hippoed adj. The state of being drunk and occupying the sofa with broad, placid determination. Manha was velvet hippoed, settled across the sofa and accepting water by the tumbler. velvet leatherjacketed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become smooth, pliable, and unhelpfully attached to the cushions. Chadwick was velvet leatherjacketed, sliding gently into the sofa after making tea. velvet papered adj. The drunkenness of one who has covered the domestic surfaces in soft decorative excuses for not tidying. Alinna was velvet papered, surrounding the sofa with blankets, receipts, and a cold mug. velvet piled adj. Reduced by drink to a long, soft layer across the sofa, with the glass of water at one end. Darlesha was velvet piled along the sofa, reaching the water only by gradual extension. velvet scotered adj. Softened by drink into a seabird-like drift between sofa and kitchen, never quite reaching either destination. Bloneva went velvet scotered between the sofa and the kettle, carrying an empty glass. velvet shanked adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow, springy route from the sofa to the nearest glass. Ernel was velvet shanked, making a precise beeline from the cushions to the water jug. velvet spidered adj. Loosened by drink into untidy domestic movements, leaving glasses and cushions connected by no clear plan. Axia was velvet spidered, scattering cups across the kitchen in an unkempt pattern. velvet tamarinded adj. Emboldened by drink to eat the sour thing in the cupboard and call it a sensible supper. Giacomo was velvet tamarinded, consuming dried fruit beside the sofa with quiet confidence. velvet water bugged adj. Slowed by drink to a careful skimming of the kitchen, remaining close to water without entering it. Shameika was velvet water bugged, gliding along the worktop towards the glass. velvet worked adj. Drunk and embroidering the sofa with cushions, blankets, and increasingly elaborate reasons to stay there. Arber was velvet worked, arranging cushions around himself while the water cooled on the table. velvet wormed adj. Drunk to the point where the sofa requires several small legs, quiet antennae, and a little household slime. Cendi was velvet wormed, feeling beneath the sofa for the glass of water with careful antennae. velvetbeaned adj. Having drunk enough to settle into the sofa in separate, soft little stages. Lylas was velvetbeaned by the time the blanket and water reached the sofa. velvetbreasted adj. You are drunk and carrying yourself like a large diving bird that has just surfaced beside the bar. Aliyna got velvetbreasted and stood dripping dignity beside the hand dryer. velveted (/ˈvɛlvɪtd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a closely woven surface of certainty, with every rough decision concealed beneath a short pile. Bretney became velveted and declared the locked shortcut both elegant and entirely available. velveteened (/ˈvɛlvətiːnd/) adj. Of a drinker: soft to the touch, short-piled in manner, and liable to crease in the snug. Terrik sat velveteened in the corner, accepting every offered cushion as a professional courtesy. velvetfished adj. Of a drinker who has taken to the bar's shadows, looking harmless while carrying concealed spines. Dailah went velvetfished beneath the dartboard and objected sharply to being moved.