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wifekinned adj. Of a drinker: attached to a spouse by sentiment, drink, and an increasingly diminutive vocabulary. wifelessnessed adj. Of a drinker who has misplaced both their spouse and the distinction between absence and abandonment. wifeleted (/ˈwaɪflətd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced marital affection to a small, portable and repeatedly mislaid form. wifelinessed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the morning's domestic arrangements seem both obvious and binding. wifelinged adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning after finds you tenderly supervising everyone within reach. wifelkinned (/ˈwaɪf.əl.kɪnd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the morning after small, affectionate, and quietly in charge. wiferied adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the morning after as a household institution requiring careful maintenance. wifeshipped adj. Drunk on the strength of which the morning after acquires duties, dependants, and an administrative tone. wifestyled adj. Drunk since last orders, and managing the morning after with composed domestic authority. wifeswappered adj. Drunk by the third round, and liable to regard the morning after as an exchange of domestic responsibilities. Mayona woke wifeswappered and attempted to return everyone's chores to their original owners. wifeswappinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the morning after as a rota of borrowed household obligations. wifeworked adj. Still drunk, and discovering that the morning after contains an unreasonable quantity of household labour. Kimarah was wifeworked, polishing glasses while wearing yesterday's coat. wifeyed adj. Sufficiently drunk to become endearingly supervisory about coats, taxis, and the last round. wiff-waffed adj. The drunkenness of one who changes direction between the bar and the exit as though following a rally. Chidi was wiff-waffed, rallying between the pub door and the taxi rank. wifferdilled adj. Having drunk enough to execute elaborate, multi-axis reversals between bed and breakfast. Garney was wifferdilled, circling the hallway before committing to the kettle. wiffle balled adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced the morning after to gentle swings and restricted indoor play. Jahaad was wiffle balled, sending a sock across the sitting room with measured precision.