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Versaced adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken an expensive object for a sensible travelling companion. Nadilee was Versaced, carrying a decorative cushion towards the taxi rank with solemn purpose. Versaillaised adj. Reduced by drink to treating the walk home as a procession through an unnecessarily grand estate. Emilce was Versaillaised, leading the group towards the station as though opening a palace wing. Very lighted (/ˈvɛɹi lʌɪtd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a signal flare, visible from the taxi rank and briefly illuminating nothing useful. Kizuwanda was Very lighted, waving from the pavement whenever a taxi passed. Very pistolled adj. Loosened by drink into a single loud signal, fired whenever the party risks losing sight of you. Massyl was Very pistolled, calling out once from each corner between the pub and the station. Vespaed adj. Emboldened by drink to attempt the journey home on a scooter that exists only in imagination. Nishitha was Vespaed and searched the taxi rank for a scooter with her name on it. Vestinianed adj. Drunk and reduced to a historical pace, advancing towards home as though roads were newly invented. Achol was Vestinianed, taking the route home one ancient-looking pavement at a time. Vestinied adj. Slowed by drink to a coastal pace, reaching the taxi rank by stages and resting between them. Loredana was Vestinied, progressing from the bar to the coats in three considered movements. Vestorian blued adj. Drunk to the point where the last round has turned you Egyptian blue and permanently decorative. Miciah was Vestorian blued beside the coats, an immovable patch of colour awaiting collection. Vesuvian jaded adj. You are drunk and greenish, granular, and of mineral composition scarcely suited to conversation. Isaque was Vesuvian jaded and examined the bar top for evidence of Californian geology. Vesuvianed adj. You have drunk enough to erupt periodically, then regard the ensuing disorder as local geography. Natisa became Vesuvianed and treated the mantelpiece as a recently settled volcanic district. Vesuviused (/vəˈsu.vi.əsd/) adj. Of a drinker: eruptive in short, theatrical episodes, with a disappointing quantity of actual flame. Bowen grew Vesuviused and announced each sneeze as a minor eruption. VetMB'd adj. Drunk in a way that makes every animal, ornament and coat appear to require your professional attention. Luverne was VetMB'd and advised the pub’s ceramic fox to avoid rich food. Vetted adj. Describing a drinker who accelerates handsomely, corners with optimism, and has mistaken the saloon for a motor vehicle. Shahnawaz got Vetted and attempted a rapid, ill-advised circuit of the conservatory. Viatiched adj. A drinker so far gone that every route home has become an expedition requiring historical annotation. Trentan was Viatiched and described the walk to the taxi rank as a migration across three watersheds. Viatichianed adj. Reduced by drink to an itinerant antiquity, inclined to treat the nearest road as a significant river valley. Florastine became Viatichianed and solemnly mapped the corridor with a breadstick. Viatichied adj. The condition of a drinker who has multiplied into a small, historically unhelpful assembly. Vylette grew Viatichied and held separate consultations with each member of the furniture.