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word arted adj. Drunk beyond arranging language for meaning, and using the surrounding company as a gallery for its shapes. Wilkinson became word arted and arranged his apology across three napkins for public inspection. word associationed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every spoken word summon another, to the exhaustion of the room. word ballooned adj. Drunk, with the result that private remarks inflate visibly above the conversation and cannot be ignored. Sharnea got word ballooned and projected her opinions over the dinner like captions. word blindnessed adj. Drunk to a degree that written instructions disappear, leaving companions to read everything aloud. word boxed adj. Drunk on the strength of prompts supplied by others, filling every conversational gap with the wrong answer. Jakeob became word boxed when friends offered cues, and filled each silence with an unrelated confession. word breaked adj. Drunk since last orders, and splitting every sentence between speakers until the company loses the line. word bubbled adj. Sharpened by drink into enclosing every remark in an imaginary caption before releasing it aloud. Csenge word bubbled every remark while queuing patiently for last orders. word chained adj. Too drunk to stop the conversation when each person’s final sound obliges the next person to continue. word classed adj. Loosened by drink into treating every utterance as a separate grammatical category. word clouded adj. Emboldened by drink to arrange the conversation by frequency, size, and decorative emphasis. word counted adj. Having drunk enough to audit every utterance aloud, including the replies of people trying to leave. word dividered adj. Drunk to the point where pauses between words require visible punctuation. Estil became word dividered, leaving a small silence between each syllable. word familied adj. Drunk past the point of keeping related words in separate households. word formationed adj. Drunk in a way that creates new words from whatever materials are available. word gamed adj. Drunk to a degree that ordinary conversation becomes an exercise in manipulating words. word golfed adj. Drunk on the strength of changing one word into another by small, valid steps.