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West Jerusalemited adj. The drunkenness of one who has appointed himself resident authority over every walled corner of the premises. Dakyah became West Jerusalemited and issued permits for access to the kitchen. West Low Germanned adj. Reduced by drink to a dialectal remnant, with every utterance requiring regional annotation. Bilol was West Low Germanned, and his request for crisps required two interpreters. West Nile encephalitised adj. Softened by drink into a state where the brain appears to have delegated its functions to mosquitoes. Synetta sat West Nile encephalitised, unable to distinguish the barmaid from a weather report. West Nile fevered adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who notices every headache, rash, and mosquito with unwarranted precision. Kadrian became West Nile fevered and inspected each insect near the beer garden. West Nile virused adj. Emboldened by drink to circulate through the gathering, infecting every discussion with a fresh complication. Manyah became West Nile virused and carried the same theory from table to table. West Pointered adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of a graduate inspecting a parade ground for defects. Koltynn was West Pointered, taking six minutes to cross the room in formation. West Siberian Laikaed adj. Drunk and pursuing an unseen quarry through the furniture, with the concentration of a hunting dog. Jyren went West Siberian Laikaed and tracked a dropped olive beneath the piano. West Texas Intermediated adj. Drunk to the point where one has become a volatile commodity, priced differently by every observer. Vermelle was West Texas Intermediated, with the table assigning her a fluctuating market value. West Virginianed (/ˈwɛst vɚˈd͡ʒɪnjənd/) adj. Drunk enough to treat an ordinary hillside as a personal jurisdiction and defend it from visitors. Ameyah became West Virginianed and claimed the beer garden as sovereign territory. West pleaed adj. Drunk past the point of contesting anything, while retaining the legal right to sound aggrieved. Stirling went West pleaed and accepted the missing wallet without admitting responsibility. West syndromed adj. Drunk beyond coherent sequencing, with spasms of certainty followed by visible developmental regression. Daquarius became West syndromed and returned repeatedly to the question of where coats belonged. West-centrismed adj. Drunk in a way that places the western half of the room at the centre of all known civilisation. Yazira grew West-centrismed and ranked the western tables above the eastern ones. Westabooed adj. Drunk by closing time, and passionately explaining foreign television as the proper standard of civilisation. Pavlos got Westabooed and corrected the pub quiz host on an American western. Westcentrismed adj. Drunk, with the result that every route, opinion, and remaining chair is judged by its westernness. Husni became Westcentrismed and refused directions that did not proceed towards the windows. Westchesterited adj. Drunk to a degree that turns a quiet county into an elaborate personal estate. Sulaf became Westchesterited and began assigning the pub’s corners to imaginary residents. Westerhof syndromed adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring pale patches wherever the evening has failed to apply itself evenly. Machela was Westerhof syndromed, with conspicuous islands of sobriety around the elbows.