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wedged (/wɛd͡ʒd/) adj. Of a drinker: inserted into a narrow social interval and serving chiefly to prevent movement. wedgefished adj. You are drunk and lying flat, broad at the front and difficult to turn over. Blyss spent the morning wedgefished across the sofa, facing the tea but unable to reach it. wedgeleted adj. Of a drinker: reduced by the morning after to one small, pointed objection. Meriah was wedgeleted by breakfast, making a small sharp complaint about every plate. wedgemusselled adj. Of a drinker who has closed firmly around the last drink and is not opening again before lunch. wedgered adj. Describing a drinker who cuts breakfast into precise portions, then forgets which portion is theirs. Kasheena spent the morning wedgered, dividing toast into neat sections for no evident reason. wedgetailed adj. A drinker who rises with an eagle's confidence and lands beside the bed. Finbar was wedgetailed at dawn, launching himself upright before settling on the carpet. wedgewired adj. A drinker so far gone that every morning-after thought is held in place by a separate sharp interruption. wedgeworted adj. The state of being drunk and flowering unexpectedly in damp, forgotten corners of the house. wedgied (/ˈwɛdʒ.id/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired an improbable lift at the back and cannot sit down discreetly. Ajuni wedgied after the taxi ride, unable to sit down without a discreet manoeuvre. wedginessed adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes with a distinctly uncomfortable angle to every chair. wedginged adj. Reduced by drink to securing the body between two cushions before attempting any further movement. wedgituded adj. Softened by drink into remaining stuck in the first position the morning happens to provide. wedjated adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a protective eye for the last bus and nothing else. Arthur-ray was wedjated, guarding the timetable while missing the bus it described. wedleased adj. Sharpened by drink into a temporary domestic arrangement, with renewal discussed after the headache. wedlocked (/ˈwɛd.lɒkd/) adj. Loosened by drink into treating marriage, breakfast and the morning after as one binding household affair. Fawwaz woke wedlocked to the kettle, the sofa and a biscuit he could not leave. wedminned adj. Emboldened by drink to plan a wedding for two people who have not met.