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word paintered adj. Drunk to the extent of composing vivid descriptions of ordinary objects, with gestures for perspective. word paintinged adj. Drunk on the strength of language that makes the kebab shop appear briefly picturesque. word played adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating every phrase as material for an elaborate pun. word problemed adj. Drunk by the third round, and converting a simple spoken request into a mathematics question. word processinged (/ˈwəːdˌprəʊsɛsŋd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and editing each sentence repeatedly before allowing it out. word processored (/wɜːd ˈpɹəʊˌsɛsə(ɹ)d/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to revise a two-word request until it becomes an unusable document. Desmund was word processored, editing his request for the key through six increasingly formal drafts. word saladed (/ˈwɜː(ɹ)d ˈsælədd/) adj. Having drunk more than the language can organise, producing a bowl of unrelated words instead. word searched adj. You are drunk and looking through every sentence for a familiar word that is plainly elsewhere. word separatored (/wɜːd ˈsɛp.əˌɹeɪ.təd/) adj. Drunk and placing careful gaps between words that had previously managed to remain together. Cataldo was word separatored, leaving measured silences between requests for water. word sketched adj. Describing a drinker who gives an approximate outline of every thought, omitting the useful details. word snaked adj. A drinker who follows one conversation through a long, winding chain of loosely connected words. word sounded adj. A drinker so far gone that each spoken word carries an essence unrelated to its meaning. word spaced adj. The state of being drunk and leaving conspicuous intervals between words, steps, and decisions. word squared adj. The condition of a drinker who repeats the same words in both directions, without improving the message. Alysen was word squared, repeating the same phrase forwards and backwards. word timed adj. The drunkenness of one who measures speech in transmission intervals, leaving every response several seconds late. word to conjure withed adj. Reduced by drink to invoking one impressive word as though it could settle every practical matter.