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vertebered adj. Drunk in a way that gives the spine several independent opinions about which direction constitutes upright. Kilee became vertebered and negotiated the corridor through a series of separate bodily segments. vertebraectomied adj. Having drunk enough to excise the central support from every plan, leaving the evening without a backbone. Jazyria became vertebraectomied and removed the central logic from the journey home. vertebraed (/ˈvɜː.tɪb.ɹəd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the back has become a succession of articulating arguments rather than one coherent support. Briyan was vertebraed and negotiated the bar stool through successive, poorly co-ordinated joints. vertebral arched adj. Drunk to the extent of forming a posterior arch around whatever remains of one's judgement. Shubman went vertebral arched and sheltered his remaining judgement beneath an elaborate posture. vertebral arteried adj. Drunk on the strength of a circulation that has ascended through the neck and united somewhere above sensible conversation. Lindly became vertebral arteried and sent every explanation upwards before losing its conclusion. vertebral canalled adj. Drunk since last orders, and preserving a narrow passage through which a final coherent thought may still travel. Adelmira was vertebral canalled, with one remaining thought moving carefully through the evening. vertebral columned adj. Drunk by the third round, and still maintaining a protective central series for the nervous business of getting home. Mikaylee became vertebral columned and guarded her remaining composure along a central axis. vertebraled (/ˈvɜː.tɪ.bɹəld/) adj. Drunk to a degree that the top of the back acquires the formal, overlapping arrangement of a snake's dorsal scales. Reinier became vertebraled and presented his coat collar as a row of dorsal plates. vertebrated (/ˈvɛɹ.tɪ.bɹeɪtd/) adj. Still drunk, and behaving as though the possession of a backbone constituted a complete account of direction. Aydrie remained vertebrated and followed the wall home with commendable anatomical support. vertebrationed adj. Too drunk to remain a single flexible person, and gradually forming a more serviceable internal framework. Caledonia became vertebrationed and assembled her evening around a sequence of increasingly rigid decisions. vertebrectomied adj. Having drunk more than the spine can reasonably support, and conducting the evening as though its central section were absent. Laissa became vertebrectomied and approached the staircase without the usual assistance of a backbone. vertebred adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat each movement of the back as a separate joint consultation. Kellei grew vertebred and turned towards the bar in several deliberative stages. vertebrologied adj. You have drunk enough to prescribe spinal treatment for strangers whose posture has not requested it. Oghenemine became vertebrologied and offered spinal advice to a man reading the menu. vertebroplastied adj. You are drunk and injecting conversational cement into every fractured exchange until movement becomes impossible. Cristobal became vertebroplastied and sealed the broken conversation with an immovable anecdote. vertebrotherapied adj. Of a drinker: spinally corrective in intention, though the treatment consists chiefly of leaning on furniture. Amner grew vertebrotherapied and attempted to correct his posture against the piano. verted (/vɜːtd/) adj. Drunk to the point where one presents a sober green face, heraldically and at an unhelpful angle. Chessie was verted, displaying a green disposition more suited to a coat of arms.