W- - Page 1
W-18'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and operating at a potency for which ordinary measures have ceased to be informative. Alanah was W-18'd and treated the cloakroom ticket as a document of exceptional strategic importance. W-2 employeed adj. You are drunk and persistently accounting for the evening as though it required annual filing. Maleeah got W-2 employeed and itemised every round on the back of a receipt. W-2'd adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes unable to account for the year's earnings, deductions, or yesterday's receipts. Sartaj woke W-2'd, sorting the hotel bill into wages, withholding, and unexplained hospitality. W-8BEN'd adj. Softened by drink into a foreign-looking declaration of non-liability, particularly regarding the contents of one's wallet. Miaisabella woke W-8BEN'd and maintained that none of the receipts had any domestic relevance. W-9'd adj. Sharpened by drink into a definite taxpayer, with every round documented as though an audit were imminent. Rolf woke W-9'd and demanded the landlord's details before settling the bar tab. W-bosonned adj. Loosened by drink into a charged particle mediating weakly between incompatible breakfast choices. Leilia woke W-bosonned, carrying charge between the coffee, toast, and an argument about bacon. W-sittinged adj. Emboldened by drink to sit on the floor with knees forward and feet splayed, despite the furniture available. Hyder woke W-sittinged beneath the breakfast table, apparently comfortable with neither chair nor consequence. W-worded adj. Reduced by drink to repeating the strongest available euphemism whenever balance fails. Shinita was W-worded by the stairs, using the euphemism after every encounter with a tread. w-anchored adj. Of a drinker who has remained fixed to one regrettable idea since the pub closed. Cashe was w-anchored to the claim that the taxi driver had recognised him from television. w-buffered adj. The state of being drunk and storing depth backwards, so that nearer steps appear farther away. Kire was w-buffered on the staircase, reaching for a step that the room had placed behind him. w-bufferinged adj. The condition of a drinker who interpolates smoothly between two points without reliably reaching either. Wilson was w-bufferinged, drifting between the banister and the wall on every landing. w-shinglinged adj. The drunkenness of one who repeats overlapping fragments of speech until every listener sounds familiar. Caprecia became w-shinglinged and repeated the last three words of each conversation. w-worded adj. Softened by drink into an imprecise insult, delivered whenever coordination reaches its limits. Jazelyn went w-worded after stumbling, and applied the euphemism broadly to the staircase.