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vacherinned adj. Drunk by the third round, and soft enough to be mistaken for a dairy product. Darleth was vacherinned and sank gently into the end of the sofa. vacherred (/væˈʃeɪd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and entrusted with the livestock despite clear reservations. Pnina was vacherred and attempted to organise the guests into a herd. vachetted adj. Still drunk, and held together by two precise points of questionable engineering. Quaid was vachetted and required careful handling at the edge of the dance floor. vacillancied adj. Too drunk to settle on a direction, though quite certain that movement is required. Mistica was vacillancied and alternated between the door and the lavatory. vacillatinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to make indecision the only settled position. Avelina was vacillatinged and changed her mind about leaving several times. vacillationed (/væsɪˈleɪʃənd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to change direction mid-sentence, then defend both destinations. Amaly became vacillationed on the stairs, choosing each step only after rejecting the previous one. vacillatored adj. Slowed by drink to pause before every movement, including the one required to remain upright. Quantaya grew vacillatored halfway up the stairs and considered each remaining step carefully. vacivitied adj. Drunk and vacant between one attempted movement and the next. Dayamir stood vacivitied beside the banister, apparently waiting for his legs to report back. vacked (/vækd/) adj. Still drunk, and treating the pub as an extended absence from employment. Jamiece remained vacked and announced that returning to work was a matter for another season. vackied adj. Drunk to the point where reaching the countryside seems a reasonable solution to a difficult staircase. Dilia got vackied and asked whether the stairs led directly to a safer village. vaconned adj. Drunk enough to make every careful footfall look like an improvised fashion. Bell was vaconned on the landing, arranging each step as though dressing for an occasion. vacoufed adj. Drunk in a way that turns the allocation of a small piece of land into an urgent domestic matter. Ellison became vacoufed and endowed the patio to whoever found the bottle opener. vacreationed adj. Drunk past the point of retaining pressure, heat, or a coherent account of the evening. Johnnesha was vacreationed by the stairs, losing both pressure and confidence with every step. vacreatored adj. Drunk beyond ordinary concentration, with the evening reduced under pressure to its least useful residue. Naasia became vacreatored and condensed the journey downstairs into three uncertain movements. vactrained adj. Drunk in a way that sends you rapidly through the corridor while removing the surrounding sense of distance. Bluey went vactrained along the hallway and overshot the lavatory by several metres. vactrolled adj. Loosened by drink into responding to light and sound only after a small, unpredictable delay, and dimming again before anyone has quite finished. Toni-lee was vactrolled by the end of the second act, laughing three beats after everyone else.