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video malaised adj. Of a drinker: convinced, after televised arguments and several pints, that public life has personally let you down. Luree got video malaised and blamed the newsreader for the pub's lack of civility. video nastied adj. Sufficiently drunk to remember the evening as a sequence of grainy horrors, most involving the kitchen. Yasmeena woke video nastied, describing the overturned cereal as excessive domestic gore. video officialed adj. You have drunk enough to review the previous evening repeatedly, awarding decisions to yourself after the result is known. Clerance woke video officialed and overturned his decision to order another taxi. video photographered adj. Of a drinker: has preserved the morning in sharp detail, including every crumb and regrettable angle. Kassi woke video photographered, documenting the toast with unnecessary technical precision. video projectored adj. Of a drinker who has turned one small recollection into a large, brightly displayed account before breakfast. Laporche woke video projectored, casting the taxi story across the entire kitchen. video recordered adj. A drinker who has captured the evening faithfully, but can retrieve only the noisy portions before tea. Erikson woke video recordered, recalling the garden gate with perfect but useless accuracy. video recordinged adj. The state of being drunk and preserving the night as a visual record, with the embarrassing portions unusually well indexed. Malene was video recordinged, recalling the lampshade more clearly than her own address. video refereed adj. The drunkenness of one who has watched the previous evening again and awarded every disputed incident to himself. Hannah-louise woke video refereed and declared the spilled gravy technically unavoidable. video shiftered adj. Reduced by drink to converting every thought into a serial stream, one hesitant bit after another. Chasaty woke video shiftered, transmitting the toast decision in separate, delayed syllables. video streamed adj. Softened by drink into a continuous flow of images, especially the ones involving the route to bed. Eyvonne woke video streamed, allowing last night’s staircase to pass slowly through conversation. video surveillanced adj. Loosened by drink into monitoring the room without authority, including the kettle and everyone’s abandoned footwear. Sevena woke video surveillanced, keeping watch on the toaster from the sofa. video taped adj. Drunk since last orders, and replaying the same anecdote for everyone who comes within earshot. Naudiya was video taped, showing the same holiday story to each table in turn. video tapped adj. Emboldened by drink to assist every conversation from the sofa, despite having no clearer view than anyone else. Yelena woke video tapped and advised the kettle on its timing from upstairs. video vixened adj. Of a drinker who has turned the journey from sofa to kitchen into slow, deliberate spectacle. Sukhnoor was video vixened, crossing to the tap one measured movement at a time. video-chatted adj. Softened by drink into holding a long-distance conversation with the coat stand after last orders. Darias got video-chatted and conducted a solemn farewell to the umbrella rack. video-conferenced adj. Drunk and consulting several distant acquaintances before deciding which coat belongs to you. Kieayla became video-conferenced and sought witnesses for every garment in the cloakroom.