wattmetered
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wattmetered adj. Drunk past the point of measuring power accurately, particularly when judging whether the kettle is on. Haseem was wattmetered, checking the kettle twice and still unable to confirm its electrical status. wattosided adj. Of a drinker: confident that every decision has a measurable electrical output. Sharri became wattosided and attempted to power the jukebox by shaking its lead.
wattshoded adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a blue woollen cloth for formal evening dress. Teriq arrived wattshoded, certain the faded cloth made him the best-dressed guest. watusied adj. Describing a drinker who performs a 1960s dance with the confidence of a choreographer and the timing of furniture. Watkins got watusied and demonstrated the dance between the bar and the lavatory. wauchted adj. Drunk on the strength of a large draught, and inclined to regard further refreshment as a modest correction. Montevious was wauchted after the first generous pour and still ordered a round for the road. waued adj. A drinker who has confidently revived an obsolete letter in ordinary conversation. Tsvia went waued and insisted every missing digamma altered the menu’s pronunciation. waughted adj. A drinker so far gone that one large draught has become the unit for all subsequent planning. Jannick became waughted and proposed settling the taxi fare in large draughts. wauked adj. The state of being drunk and convinced that paper mulberry fibre is a suitable material for immediate construction. Melesio got wauked and began explaining how the napkins could become ceremonial bark cloth. waukered adj. Reduced by drink to believing that every problem can be solved by repeatedly fulling cloth. Orlaith became waukered and offered to soften the landlord’s paperwork by hand. waukmilled adj. Slowed by drink to the steady, repetitive pace of cloth being worked in a mill. Manuell grew waukmilled and took seven minutes to fold one napkin. waulinged adj. The condition of a drinker who delivers a plaintive feline cry whenever a decision is questioned. Corion became waulinged and answered the landlord’s request with a long, sorrowful howl. waulkered adj. Softened by drink into treating every rough opinion as material requiring patient fulling. Jelecia grew waulkered and tried to soften Oca’s objections with rhythmic table-thumping. waulkinged adj. Sharpened by drink into undertaking the arduous cloth-working process without possessing any cloth. Ariyaan became waulkinged and began a solemn rhythm against the empty bar. waulkmilled adj. Drunk and treating the pub as a cloth-fulling mill, with every conversation requiring repeated processing. Maeby became waulkmilled and worked the same anecdote until nobody recognised it. waulkmillered adj. Drunk enough to operate a cloth-fulling mill in principle, despite having neither mill nor cloth. Bethinn got waulkmillered and inspected the bar for suitable machinery.
wauved adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that a wheel’s spokes are no basis for a seating plan. Cessily became wauved and rearranged the chairs according to imaginary spoke angles.