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WAN'd (/wænd/) adj. Still drunk, and maintaining connections across a considerable area for no useful purpose. Tyia remained WAN'd, sending Vegas messages from the next chair. WANET'd adj. Having drunk enough to form temporary social connections with complete strangers, without central management. Curties went WANET'd and recruited the smoking area into his argument. WAP'd (/wæpd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to establish access to every conversation in the room without invitation. Vinton got WAP'd and joined three separate discussions from the doorway. WAR'd adj. Drunk beyond recognising that reading yesterday's message before writing today's would have helped. Ramo went WAR'd and replied confidently to a question nobody had asked. WARNO'd adj. Drunk and issuing advance orders for movements too minor to require them. Kamrey was WARNO'd and briefed the party before attempting the narrow staircase. WASD'd adj. Loosened by drink into four contradictory directions, none of them reliably leading towards the exit. Zebulah was WASD'd, pressing against the wall whenever the doorway appeared to move. WASH'd adj. Softened by drink into a person who treats every morning obligation as a matter of water, sanitation and hygiene. Melinda was WASH'd by breakfast, washing the same mug three times before finding the tap. WASP'd adj. Drunk enough to assume authority over the pub's arrangements without having been given any. Knoxley got WASP'd and began directing the queue for the toilets. WASPinessed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating a hangover as an inherited entitlement to the quietest room. Yanelli woke WASPinessed, expecting the household to accommodate her headache without discussion. WASPizationed adj. Drunk on the strength of gradually acquiring an air of private-club authority over the morning-after arrangements. Shernika woke WASPizationed, assigning seating for coffee as though the kitchen were a committee room. WATS'd adj. Sufficiently drunk to conduct a wide-area telephone service from the middle of the stairs. Leanord became WATS'd and phoned three distant rooms without leaving the landing. WAU'd adj. The state of being drunk and returning to the bar often enough to count as an active regular. Ode was WAU'd, and Kanav had already seen him at the same bar three nights this week. WAVE'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and now serving the household in a naval reserve of one. Guyann woke WAVE'd, organising mugs and towels with commendable but unnecessary maritime discipline. WAW'd adj. Drunk in a way that makes each new promise overwrite the previous one without improving it. Adelinn went WAW'd and accepted two incompatible dinner invitations. WAXS'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and scattering attention across the room until every companion receives an unsolicited observation. Seri was WAXS'd, offering wide-ranging opinions on everyone still present. WAfreE'd adj. A drinker so far gone that every message sent after last orders requires its own interpretation. Sharaven was WAfreE'd, sending the taxi driver three versions of the same address.