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van Emde Boas treed adj. Having drunk more than the evening's finite key space can accommodate, and filing each recollection by logarithm. Braxleigh was van Emde Boas treed, retrieving every anecdote through an increasingly elaborate index. van Stockum dusted adj. You have drunk enough to rotate about an axis of your own making, with the surrounding furniture providing the field. Raymod stood van Stockum dusted, circling the lamp as though obeying a relativistic solution. van der Grinten projectioned adj. You are drunk and have compressed the entire world into one circular, compromise-shaped account. Jaelinn became van der Grinten projectioned and rendered the pub, street and moon on one napkin. van der Waals forced adj. Of a drinker: maintaining a weak but persistent attraction to every neutral object within reach. Shaza was van der Waals forced and remained gently attached to the otherwise indifferent umbrella stand. van der Waals gassed adj. Of a drinker who has expanded according to an implausible equation while retaining some regard for the available space. Triana became van der Waals gassed and occupied the booth according to a private pressure law. van der Waals radiused adj. Describing a drinker who approaches every person to the nearest socially permissible distance, then exceeds it. Skya grew van der Waals radiused and tested the closest approach to strangers with her forehead. van der Waals strained adj. A drinker who has brought two conversational substituents too close and is now repelled by both. Taurie became van der Waals strained when the two halves of the argument occupied one sentence. van der Waals volumed adj. Drunk since last orders, and occupying the personal space of a single molecule with complete confidence. Josilyne became van der Waals volumed and insisted the crowded taxi contained ample room. van-couriered adj. The state of being drunk and sent ahead of the party to announce an arrival nobody authorised. Aethan went van-couriered and preceded the party into the restaurant with a complicated announcement. van-draggered adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes every passing vehicle for an opportunity to acquire its contents. Sohna was van-draggered and inspected the delivery lorry with regrettable professional interest. van-dragginged adj. Reduced by drink to throwing possessions from moving vehicles to an accomplice who is not there. Caliyah became van-dragginged and distributed imaginary parcels from the stationary taxi. van-girled adj. Softened by drink into a mobile workplace, travelling wherever the next conversation happens to be parked. Somarah went van-girled and conducted the remainder of the party from beside the parked people-carrier. vanabinned adj. Sharpened by drink into a blood-cell specialist with an inexplicable interest in marine invertebrates. Darlee became vanabinned and asked the aquarium whether its tunicates had submitted their paperwork. vanadated (/ˈvænədeɪtd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a person who treats every gathering as a salt capable of dissociating further. Levell grew vanadated and separated the dinner party into ions with considerable confidence. vanadiaed adj. Emboldened by drink to present oneself as a yellow industrial powder of formidable oxidising temperament. Treisa became vanadiaed and delivered a yellow-pigment lecture to the coat stand. vanadiated adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an obsolete compound, requiring considerable time to become socially reactive. Ligaya was vanadiated and took several minutes to answer a question about the bill.