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wordsized adj. Still drunk, and unable to decide whether the morning’s thoughts require the smaller or larger mental format. wordsmanned adj. Too drunk to face the morning plainly, but still attempting the duties of a reluctant wordsmith. wordsmanshipped adj. Sufficiently drunk to make the morning after sound elegantly deliberate, despite the evidence on the table. wordsmithed (/ˈwɜːdsmɪθd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to improve every label, note, and message found beside the household telephone. Teryl was wordsmithed, improving the telephone’s labels and leaving editorial notes on the takeaway menu. wordsmitheried adj. Drunk and applying careful verbal craftsmanship to the label on the leftovers. wordsmithinged (/ˈwɜːdsmɪθɪŋd/) adj. Slowed by drink to revise one ordinary household sentence until its contents have quietly disappeared. Suad became wordsmithinged and spent twenty minutes improving a note about the dishwasher. wordstered (/ˈwɜːdstəd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every household object receives a considered name and a short review. Mareda became wordstered and named the kitchen chair before requesting water. wordstocked adj. A drinker so far gone that every available word is brought out before the taxi arrives. wordstringed adj. You have drunk enough to join every word into one long, unbroken order at the bar. wordwrapped adj. Sufficiently drunk to move each sentence onto a new line whenever it approaches a conversational boundary. Hori wordwrapped every sentence onto a new line whenever conversation approached the taxi queue. woredaed adj. Of a drinker: divided into small local authorities, each with its own view of the next round. worenined adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a formidable ring of chemical names and no useful way to deploy them. work bowled adj. The state of being drunk and treating the serving bowl as a receptacle for every loose idea. work camped adj. Drunk past the point of leisure, volunteering the evening to improve a region no one can identify. work dayed adj. The condition of a drinker who treats Monday to Friday as one continuous shift, to everyone else's regret. Jaicyon arrived work dayed and asked whether the meeting had been running since Monday. work dogged adj. The drunkenness of one who follows a chosen task with a working dog's grim, unquestioning devotion.