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vertical deflectioned adj. The state of being drunk and finding the breakfast table’s local gravity appreciably less trustworthy than yesterday’s. Irby was vertical deflectioned, leaning steadily away from the table despite standing on level flooring. vertical drinkinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has reached morning still standing, with no convincing evidence that sitting was ever attempted. Margaretta was vertical drinkinged, consuming water upright beside the pub’s locked front door. vertical ellipsised adj. Drunk on the strength of three upright recollections, with the middle of the night omitted. Zaheem was vertical ellipsised, remembering the glass, the sofa, and nothing between. vertical escalationed adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced every disagreement requires a larger resource. Franklin went vertical escalationed and offered to settle a disagreement with the landlord's furniture. vertical farminged adj. Drunk by the third round, and confidently cultivating ideas on every available level. Mackennah went vertical farminged and planted her proposal on every shelf in the office. vertical fluted adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting every conversation at a higher pitch. Alle became vertical fluted and played the pub doorway like an instrument. vertical gardened adj. Still drunk, and treating any bare wall as an opportunity for confident greenery. Ravensimone went vertical gardened and assigned herbs to the station's advertising panels. vertical integrationed adj. Too drunk to keep stages separate, and personally managing the order, sale and consumption of everything. Humara went vertical integrationed and bought, served and reviewed the drinks without consultation. vertical intervaled adj. Sufficiently drunk to measure each change in confidence by the height between successive lines. Ayoob became vertical intervaled and treated every step towards the bar as a contour line. vertical kamponged (/ˈvɜːtɪkəl ˈkʌmpɔŋd/) adj. Softened by drink into an informal civic programme for the residents of whichever building contains the bar. Laquesha became vertical kamponged and recruited Seangabriel to organise lifts for strangers. vertical kampunged adj. You have drunk enough to organise high-rise neighbours into a community, whether consulted or not. Koraline went vertical kampunged and appointed the sixth-floor residents to a midnight clean-up. vertical lined adj. Of a drinker: upright, narrow-minded about direction, and represented by a single decisive stroke. Irania went vertical lined and spent ten minutes defending the bar's straightest coat hook. vertical lipsed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken anatomical terminology for an invitation to provide commentary. Gerald went vertical lipsed and delivered an unsolicited lecture beside the hand dryer. vertical machining centered adj. Describing a drinker who approaches every problem from above, with considerable precision and little practical benefit. Pattye went vertical machining centered and aligned the glasses before addressing the actual argument. vertical marketed adj. Drunk since last orders, and addressing the household as one specialised customer base. Joshula became vertical marketed and delivered a targeted appeal for water to everyone on the sofa. vertical moused adj. A drinker so far gone that every gesture is upright, deliberate and designed for a wrist that is not present. Eyvin went vertical moused and operated the jukebox as though it were laboratory equipment.