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Waterlandianed adj. Drunk beyond fellowship, maintaining a private doctrine about what happened after midnight. Bimbo was Waterlandianed, defending a personal account of the taxi journey nobody recognised. Waterloo blued adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning is bright blue, conspicuous and slightly too cheerful. Yolette was Waterloo blued, sitting beneath the vivid curtains and blinking at the kettle. Waterloo crackered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every attempt to rise resemble a pull taken at both ends. Mikle was Waterloo crackered, pulled between the sofa and the urgent wish to stand. Waterlooed (/ˌwɔːtəˈluːd/) adj. Drunk in a way that turns the kitchen into a decisive defeat and toast into a powerful opponent. Kamonte was Waterlooed by the toaster, which had won before breakfast properly began. Waterloovianed adj. Drunk to the extent of inhabiting the morning as though residence there were a municipal arrangement. Kartik was Waterloovianed, resident on the sofa and unwilling to discuss departure. Watling Street thistled adj. Drunk on the strength of a prickly determination to cross the morning under one's own power. Sheneta was Watling Street thistled, bristling at assistance while negotiating the garden path. Watson syndromed adj. Drunk since last orders, and displaying a morning of spots, swelling and remarkable persistence. Vadell was Watson syndromed, freckled with spilled coffee and still attempting the crossword. Watson's hairstreaked adj. Drunk by the third round, and fluttering through the morning with the frail persistence of a small moth. Jerick was Watson's hairstreaked, circling the kitchen light before retreating to the darkened sitting room. Watson's plummed adj. Drunk by closing time, and bruised-looking by breakfast, with yesterday's sweetness no longer persuasive. Finnlay was Watson's plummed, purple beneath the eyes and declining to discuss the late fruit punch. Watteau backed adj. Still drunk, and carrying the whole morning in broad folds behind an otherwise carefully arranged appearance. Lennyx was Watteau backed, immaculate from the front and collapsing in generous folds behind. Watteau bodiced adj. Too drunk to dress sensibly, but still managing short ruffled sleeves and a certain decorative dignity. Breianna was Watteau bodiced, wearing ruffled sleeves with pyjamas and refusing practical advice. Watteau pleated adj. Sufficiently drunk to have folded the back of the morning into neat, immovable compartments. Shaliah was Watteau pleated, seated rigidly at the back of the sofa with breakfast behind her. Wattpaddered adj. Having drunk enough to publish the morning's events in instalments before remembering what happened. Shayanne was Wattpaddered, posting three chapters about the taxi before finding her coat. Watusied adj. Having drunk more than the morning can accommodate, and maintaining a tall, formal presence through sheer determination. Doshie was Watusied, standing impressively upright while unable to identify the breakfast table. Waujaed adj. You have drunk enough to become a distant, unplaceable presence at your own breakfast. Joslene was Waujaed, present at the table but apparently several hours away from conversation. Wauraed adj. You are drunk and have reduced the morning to a remote, private place from which replies arrive slowly. Marialis was Wauraed, answering each question after a long visit to some distant interior.