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waste pickered adj. Still drunk, and selecting useful fragments from the night's discarded conversations. Eliandra remained waste pickered, collecting stray anecdotes from tables already being cleared. waste piped adj. Too drunk to retain liquid, sense, or any other material not firmly secured. Cage was waste piped and found the lavatory arrangements increasingly theoretical. waste producted adj. Drunk to a degree that everything produced — conversation, movement, decisions — arrives as a by-product nobody ordered and everyone is quietly trying to contain. Lily-maude was waste producted by half eleven, generating remarks the table had to store somewhere out of sight. waste sortinged adj. Having drunk enough to separate the evening into recyclable memories, doubtful claims, and residual nonsense. Arimentha became waste sortinged, classifying each recollection according to its evidential value. waste trayed adj. Having drunk more than the surrounding surfaces can responsibly be expected to collect. Tzuriel was waste trayed, arranging glasses around himself as though preparing for collection. waste watered adj. You have drunk enough to become socially contaminated, yet continue circulating as though fit for use. Riquel was waste watered and confidently offered the landlord advice on drainage. waste yuted adj. The state of being drunk and mistaken for a person whose plans deserve immediate implementation. Elaisa went waste yuted and appointed herself to supervise the pub’s decorations. waste-gooded adj. Drunk by the third round, and still finding fresh ways to squander the morning. Seven was waste-gooded by sunrise, buying pastries for people who had gone home. waste-timed adj. You are drunk and spending the remaining hours in an endeavour whose profitability is chiefly negative. Lale was waste-timed, explaining a card trick that produced neither cards nor reliable results. waste-watered adj. You are drunk and carrying the evening’s discarded plans into every subsequent conversation. Niwaz was waste-watered and proposed reopening the closed kiosk as a cinema. wastebasket taxonned adj. Of a drinker who has become a residual category for conduct rejected by every respectable classification. Izzie was wastebasket taxonned after no established account of manners could contain the performance. wastebasketed adj. Of a drinker: reduced to a small indoor receptacle for discarded remarks and receipts. Anjelita was wastebasketed beside the sofa, accepting stray crisps with quiet administrative dignity. wastebinned adj. Describing a drinker who has been placed, socially and physically, with the household refuse. Taegan was wastebinned before midnight, seated beside the office rubbish and offering no objection. wasteboarded adj. Drunk enough to be an obsolete household implement, useful chiefly for making a noise. Deberah became wasteboarded and announced the obsolete status of everyone present. wastebooked adj. A drinker who records transactions provisionally, intending a sober authority to make sense of them later. Breonda was wastebooked, entering each round in a notebook of diminishing financial reliability. wastecanned adj. A drinker so far gone that the most appropriate container is plainly marked for refuse. Merrin was wastecanned by eleven, positioned beside the rubbish and accepting crisps as payment.