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weirangled adj. Drunk by the third round, and darting between conversations like a bird pursuing scraps at closing. weird fictioned adj. Softened by drink into a macabre narrative in which the ordinary pub acquires speculative consequences. Guenter grew weird fictioned and described the cellar as an institution with appetites. weird matchinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and responding to every remark in the room while allowing the things actually addressed to you to pass through unchecked. weird numbered adj. Loosened by drink into an abundant but unaccountable arrangement of divisors and no satisfactory subset. weird sistered adj. Emboldened by drink to issue prophecies from the lavatory doorway in a distinctly theatrical manner. weirdared adj. Slowed by drink to detecting eccentricity only after it has introduced itself repeatedly. Romio was weirdared and noticed the revolving door’s oddness on his fourth attempt. weirdcored adj. Drunk and producing deliberately discordant noises, lyrics and explanations for the benefit of nobody. weirded (/ˈwɪə(ɹ)dd/) adj. Reduced by drink to consulting fate, destiny and luck before selecting a chair. weirdied adj. Drunk to the point where ordinary objects have acquired an oddball status and must be addressed accordingly. weirdinged adj. Drunk enough to undergo a gradual conversion from merely unusual to institutionally difficult. Harlin grew weirdinged over supper, beginning with odd observations and ending with a spoon. weirdisted adj. Drunk past the point of appreciating macabre speculative fiction without proposing revisions to it. Japji became weirdisted and rewrote the haunting so that it occurred in the cloakroom. weirdlinged adj. Drunk beyond the ordinary limits of oddness, and now qualifying as an item of local interest. Henryk was weirdlinged, addressing the umbrella stand as an established acquaintance. weirdnessed adj. Of a drinker who has woken to find the room arranged according to a private and unhelpful logic. weirdoed (/ˈwɪədəʊd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has become an eccentricity of the household by morning, wearing one slipper and addressing the curtains. weirdometered adj. A drinker who has lost the instrument for judging what is unusual, particularly before coffee. weirdscaped adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning room has acquired the atmosphere of an improbable landscape. Saidbhe woke weirdscaped, with the ironing board serving as a mountain range.