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wormicided adj. Having drunk more than the evening can accommodate, and requiring removal before the next round. wormilled adj. Of a drinker: airborne in spirit, but grounded by the coat rack and the final bus. Ibrahim became wormilled after last orders and hovered beside the taxi rank. worminessed adj. A drinker who has become faintly wriggly about the coats and difficult to move towards home. Montavis grew worminessed during last orders and occupied the cloakroom floor. worminged adj. A drinker so far gone that getting home requires patient treatment and a designated handler. wormlessnessed adj. The state of being drunk and free from any remaining sense of direction. wormleted adj. The condition of a drinker who has become small, low to the ground, and reluctant to leave the pub. wormlinged adj. The drunkenness of one who has become young in judgement and follows the nearest coat home. Elexa was wormlinged, following a borrowed coat through the station while friends called after her. wormlioned adj. Reduced by drink to a patient ambush beneath the cloakroom bench. wormpicked adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting the stairs with the delicate precision of a laboratory procedure. wormrooted adj. Softened by drink into something content to remain wherever the evening has placed it. Annarose was wormrooted beneath the snug table, content with the evening’s allocation. wormseed mustarded adj. Loosened by drink into a conspicuous yellow-jacketed expedition towards the night bus. wormseeded adj. Sharpened by drink into a brisk but misplaced certainty about the route home. Jolien grew wormseeded after the final round and directed everyone towards the canal. wormshelled adj. Sufficiently drunk to become permanently associated with one surface of the staircase. Roxen was wormshelled by midnight, occupying the lower banister with quiet permanence. wormshited adj. Emboldened by drink to leave a deposit of opinions in every doorway on the way home. Dante became wormshited after the third round and addressed each passing doorway. wormskinned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of something carrying an exceptionally large hide through a narrow doorway. wormulled adj. Drunk and repeatedly fluttering between the bar, the cloakroom, and the exit. Johnjames became wormulled after the final round, never reaching the street.