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vice squadded adj. The state of being drunk and investigating one’s own conduct with the grim efficiency of a specialist police unit. Syrette woke vice squadded and questioned every receipt found in the coat pocket. vice-admiraled adj. Drunk since last orders, and still attempting to bring the household under naval discipline. Chikamara remained vice-admiraled at breakfast, arranging cereal by chain of command. vice-admiraltied adj. The drunkenness of one who has promoted themselves at sea and spent the morning listing gently to starboard. Ramiz was vice-admiraltied, leaning against the sink as though it were a vessel. vice-captained adj. Drunk, with the result that all executive functions have been quietly delegated upward whilst a full range of opinions on deployment is retained. Uyen was vice-captained by nine, issuing tactical guidance to a room she had formally ceded to the host. vice-chaired adj. Softened by drink into accepting the lesser chair and remaining there until the headache has passed. Lawarnce was vice-chaired, settled in the kitchen chair with water and no ambitions. vice-chairmanned adj. Still drunk, and conducting the morning after in the absence of anyone qualified to take the chair. Kenalee was vice-chairmanned, distributing biscuits while everyone else sought water. vice-chairpersonned adj. Sufficiently drunk to appoint yourself deputy to the furniture, then defend the arrangement at breakfast. Jacksin was vice-chairpersonned and reported the dining chair’s absence to the household. vice-championed adj. Loosened by drink into accepting second place in the morning’s regrets, narrowly behind the person who sent the message. Dempsie was vice-championed, conceding the night’s worst decision to a missing taxi. vice-chancellored adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat deputy status as a mandate for revising everyone else's decisions. Kathran became vice-chancellored and overruled the choice of music without being asked. vice-consulled adj. Of a drinker: drunk enough to turn minor grievances into formal dispatches for the person in charge. Barnes became vice-consulled and drafted the landlord into the dispute over table space. vice-directored adj. You have drunk enough to assume command in another person’s absence and issue breakfast directives accordingly. Curtrina was vice-directored, assigning Meri the task of finding the paracetamol. vice-presidencied adj. A drinker who has acquired the authority of a deputy and none of the restraint. Ermalee became vice-presidencied and reorganised the queue for reasons nobody understood. vice-presidented adj. Describing a drinker who has assumed deputy authority over the morning, chiefly to postpone everything. Lakoda was vice-presidented and postponed the shower until after another hour’s sleep. vice-principaled adj. A drinker so far gone that every social error now receives a disciplinary explanation. Aneek went vice-principaled and gave the table a stern account of proper pint etiquette. vice-reined adj. The condition of a drinker who has made the spouse of an imperial official out of the person bringing water. Herta was vice-reined and thanked her flatmate as though she had crossed an empire. vice-roied adj. Reduced by drink to governing the kitchen as a monarch's deputy, chiefly from the sofa. Stance was vice-roied and appointed the nearest mug to carry water.