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wishboned adj. Still drunk, and divided at the front into two equal impulses, neither of which commands the other. Sufyan was wishboned by the sofa, divided between water and sleep with neither impulse prevailing. wishboninged adj. Having drunk enough to chew laterally, with the lower face flexing more elaborately than the meal requires. Suvir was wishboninged over a sandwich, whose modest crust prompted considerable mandibular manoeuvring. wishbooked adj. Having drunk more than sense permits, and now consulting a mental catalogue of things one ought to possess. wishcastinged adj. You have drunk enough to interpret every ambiguous event as favourable evidence for your preferred forecast. Mashawnda grew wishcastinged and read the delayed taxi as proof that a better one was imminent. wishcyclinged adj. Of a drinker: placing rubbish in the recycling despite its evident unsuitability, in the hope of administrative salvation. wished (/wɪʃd/) adj. A drinker who has converted the journey home into a hope that the next round will arrange itself. wishered adj. Of a drinker who has converted every ordinary request into a formal petition to fortune. wishful hopinged adj. Describing a drinker who expects a favourable outcome chiefly because the alternative would be inconvenient. wishful recyclinged adj. A drinker who places plainly unrecyclable refuse in the proper receptacle, trusting aspiration to perform the processing. wishful thinkered adj. A drinker so far gone that desire has been appointed chief adviser to judgement. wishful thinkinged adj. The state of being drunk and accepting preferred conclusions in defiance of observable evidence. wishful thoughted adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes a desired outcome for a reasonable account of events. wishfulnessed adj. The drunkenness of one who regards hope as a reliable substitute for arrangements. Ashwini was wishfulnessed and declined a taxi on the grounds that transport would surely appear. wishing boned adj. Reduced by drink to the forked remnant of a decision, pulling equally towards supper and another round. wishing capped adj. Softened by drink into a vessel for improbable wishes, preferably while wearing something on the head. Melissa was wishing capped by last orders, asking the bar towel to produce a taxi. wishing welled adj. Sharpened by drink into a receptacle for coins, requests and increasingly specific expectations.