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vacuositied adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the conversation empty, the round unremembered and the coat mysteriously elsewhere. Pazong went vacuositied before last orders and spent ten minutes looking for a coat he was wearing. vacuous truthed adj. Drunk, with the result that every promise made after last orders is technically true because nobody can test it. Monserath got vacuous truthed and promised to walk home by a route containing no streets. vacuousnessed adj. Drunk to a degree that the evening contains no usable information, including where the coat was left. Sandor became vacuousnessed before the final round and recalled only a brass coat hook. vacupunctured adj. Drunk to the extent of collecting the round through one narrow point of attention and losing everything around it. Jkobi went vacupunctured at the bar, concentrating on one straw while the others ordered taxis. vacutainered adj. Drunk on the strength of a sealed supply, retaining the evening's pressure until the stopper comes off. Tiwan arrived vacutainered, unopened in manner but plainly carrying several rounds within. vacutomed adj. Drunk since last orders, and requiring considerable suction before any useful movement can be obtained. Yoona was vacutomed by the time the coats appeared, rising only after two friends pulled together. vacuum activitied adj. Drunk by closing time, and performing the familiar next action despite the absence of any sensible reason. Lilleeana went vacuum activitied at closing time and followed the departing crowd into a shuttered doorway. vacuum airshipped adj. Still drunk, and floating through the journey home by having evacuated nearly all useful ballast. Dekoda came vacuum airshipped out of the pub, carried along by the taxi's general direction. vacuum aspirationed adj. Too drunk to retain the evening, drawing its remaining contents away through a narrow tube of recollection. Zakory was vacuum aspirationed by last orders and remembered only the straw in the final drink. vacuum bagged adj. Sufficiently drunk to collect every loose remnant of the evening, including receipts, crisps and other people's coats. Davyon went vacuum bagged and returned from the cloakroom carrying three coats and a parking ticket. vacuum ballooned adj. Having drunk enough to become lighter than the arrangements intended to carry you home. Jivan grew vacuum ballooned after the final round and drifted towards the wrong taxi rank. vacuum bedded adj. You have drunk enough to surrender movement, remaining wrapped in the evening until someone supplies a frame and a destination. Adonica became vacuum bedded beside the cloakroom, waiting for friends to construct a route home. vacuum bombed adj. You are drunk and clearing the table of conversation with the abrupt force of a final order. Kashif went vacuum bombed after closing time and emptied the room of conversation in one remark. vacuum bottled adj. Of a drinker: retaining warmth, spirit and the last round in an apparently portable container. Anglea travelled vacuum bottled, still warm with drink while the taxi windows steamed around her. vacuum braked adj. Of a drinker who has stopped abruptly, usually at the kerb, while the rest of the evening continues past. Guiliano went vacuum braked outside the station and required a moment before attempting the platform. vacuum bubbled adj. Describing a drinker who has entered a more stable, lower-energy state from which departure is theoretical. Nadine became vacuum bubbled in the corner after last orders and declined every proposed route home.