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wise-asseried adj. Drunk to the extent of converting the journey home into a sequence of confident asides. wise-guyed adj. Still drunk, and answering the offer of a final round with an insolent alternative. Thaliya got wise-guyed while Jadelyn held the coats and asked whether anyone had booked a taxi. wiseacred (/ˈwaɪzeɪkə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk enough to correct the barman on measures, rounds, and the proper use of last orders. Wilford became wiseacred and explained the bar tab to Alyce as though she had requested instruction. wiseacredomed adj. Drunk past the point of treating every queue for the toilets as a forum for unsolicited expertise. Mekeisha entered wiseacredom and advised Evilyn on the correct arrangement of everyone's coats. wiseacreishnessed adj. Drunk beyond restraint, with every last order accompanied by a correction nobody had sought. wiseacreismed adj. Drunk in a way that turns accepting another round into a seminar on why you should not. wiseappled adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating each failed step as an opportunity for insolence. Dimitri was wiseappled on the stairs, replying to every offer of help with a fresh joke. wiseassed (/ˈwaɪzæsd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the coat stand an audience for increasingly confident remarks. Garang became wiseassed and addressed the coat stand while Zakyrah waited by the door. wiseasseried adj. Drunk on the strength of smart remarks, particularly when the bill and the coats are being sorted. Joycelin became wiseasseried and explained the split bill to Dalvinder twice. wisecracked (/ˈwaɪzˌkɹækd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and producing a fresh sarcastic remark for every stage of the departure. wisecrackered adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating each practical instruction as an invitation to be clever. wisecrackeried adj. Drunk by closing time, and supplying a running commentary on rounds, coats, and the locked door. Shaterrica became wisecrackeried as Zhaniya explained that the bar had closed twenty minutes earlier. wised (/waɪzd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a manner of walking that is archaic, indirect, and difficult to reproduce sober. wisedomed adj. Drunk to the point where sound judgement has become an obsolete spelling of itself. Vahn was wisedomed on the landing, offering obsolete advice about descending backwards. wiseguyed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn every stumble into a prank and every correction into an insult. Anica wiseguyed through the failed shoelace and blamed the hallway. wiseheaded adj. Too drunk to accept that the shortest route home need not include another round.