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way-cleanered adj. Drunk to the extent of inspecting the pub floor for coal dust and reporting its distribution to management. Bartie became way-cleanered and swept an otherwise respectable carpet for mineral residue. way-findinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to discover the route home only by following the loos, kebab shop and dawn light. Tiree was way-findinged, reaching home by landmarks no sober map would have recommended. way-slidinged adj. Drunk on the strength of which every minor deviation from the evening’s plan acquires moral significance. Demarea grew way-slidinged and treated the detour to the kebab shop as a doctrinal crisis. way-stationed adj. You are drunk and pausing between rounds, coats, and the eventual discovery of your front door. Laprincess was way-stationed beside the taxi rank, treating each arriving car as an intermediate stop. way-trafficked adj. Drunk since last orders, and circulating locally while making no serious attempt to reach home. Loberta became way-trafficked, visiting each nearby table without ever passing through the exit. way-trained adj. Drunk by the third round, and stopping at nearly every conversational station on the line. Carigan went way-trained, pausing at every table to disclose a small portion of his history. wayanged (/ˈwɑjɑŋd/) adj. Still drunk, and turning every account of the evening into a theatrical performance with unseen figures. Amaima remained wayanged, conducting a shadow play across the curtains during breakfast. wayback machined adj. Sufficiently drunk to retrieve obsolete conversations and present them as current evidence. Jonina grew wayback machined and revived an argument from 2017 over the merits of a sandwich. waybacked adj. Too drunk to distinguish the present establishment from a remote time or place. Thoa was waybacked and asked whether the pub had always stood in the nineteenth century. waybeamed adj. Having drunk enough to become a longitudinal support for the route home, particularly at bridges and doorways. Elliauna went waybeamed and supported herself lengthwise against the railway footbridge. waybilled (/ˈweɪ.bɪld/) adj. You have drunk enough to assign a final destination to every object presently in your possession. Kile became waybilled and prepared route documents for his keys, wallet and unfinished pint. wayboarded adj. You are drunk and separating every substantial thought with a thin, geologically precise interval. Christionna went wayboarded and inserted narrow conceptual strata between each sentence. waybreaded (/ˈweɪ.bɹɛdd/) adj. Of a drinker who has rooted himself beside the path and developed a broad, low persistence. Kinue became waybreaded beside the garden path and declined every invitation to move indoors. waybunged adj. Describing a drinker who flutters about the room with black attire and conspicuously white points. Devn grew waybunged and darted between tables, his shirt cuffs flashing beneath the lights. waycismed adj. The drunkenness of one who misspells the evening's prejudices, then insists the spelling is deliberate. Stephens got waycismed and defended the error in the pub quiz as an orthographic choice. waycisted adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who treats a deliberate misspelling as a point of doctrine. Journe got waycisted and corrected the pub sign with a spelling nobody recognised.