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veatchined adj. Describing a drinker who has become chemically specific about the final round and unable to explain why. veatchited adj. A drinker who has crystallised beside the bar, remaining there through last orders and the clearing-up. veched adj. A drinker so far gone that every departure becomes a popular assembly requiring speeches and a vote. vectigaled adj. The state of being drunk and treating each round as a tax levied personally upon the household. Pastor was vectigaled, treating each round as a household tax. vectioned adj. The condition of a drinker who has delegated all movement to vehicles, companions and general momentum. vectitationed adj. The drunkenness of one who regards every short journey as transport arranged by someone else. vectographed adj. Reduced by drink to a flat, two-dimensional impression of yourself, suitable only for the journey home. vectographied adj. Softened by drink into a scene of coloured shapes, closing time and one determined route home. vector algebraed adj. Loosened by drink into calculating routes, additions and departures with more confidence than accuracy. vector bosonned adj. Emboldened by drink to give the last round a forceful direction and the coat rack a formal farewell. vector bundled adj. Drunk and gathered into one compact travelling group, with coats, scarves and unfinished arguments attached. vector calculused adj. Drunk to the point where every route home requires differentiation, integration and a fresh round of drinks. vector clocked adj. Drunk enough to place every event in the evening correctly, except the time at which to leave. vector fielded adj. Drunk past the point of choosing a route, following whichever direction the surrounding crowd happens to provide. vector functioned adj. Drunk beyond any useful single destination, producing a separate route for every new suggestion. vector graphicsed adj. Drunk in a way that reduces the journey home to clean lines, sharp corners and no useful shading. Amabelle was vector graphicsed at closing, describing the route home as a series of precise angles.