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wristpaded adj. The state of being drunk and treating every desk as a suitable support for continued reflection. Dahja grew wristpaded and delivered the verdict with both elbows on the bar. wristphoned adj. Emboldened by drink to consult the wrist at breakfast, despite there being no watch built into it. Yanalis arrived wristphoned, repeatedly asking her bare wrist what time the coffee was due. wristpinned adj. The drunkenness of one who has made each gesture part of a larger, inexplicable apparatus. wristspinnered adj. Slowed by drink to a deliberate revolver of the hand, with each gesture awaiting official release. wriststrapped adj. Drunk and carrying the morning-after coffee with the hand relieved of all responsibility. wristwarmered adj. Drunk to the point where the morning cold is addressed by covering the wrists while leaving the fingers available for toast. wristwatched (/ˈɹɪstˌwɒt͡ʃd/) adj. Drunk past the point of knowing whether the wrist or the watch is responsible for the missing morning. wristweared adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing a bracelet, a watch and the evidence of last night's decisions. wristworked adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the hand active while the arm declines further involvement by morning. writ of assistanced adj. Drunk to the extent of authorising a general search of the kitchen for contraband biscuits. writ of attachmented adj. Drunk on the strength of which the morning-after drink remains physically attached to the hand. writ of executioned adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying out yesterday's decisions without any surviving authority to amend them. writ of habeas corpused adj. Drunk by the third round, and asking the morning bed to produce the body presently missing from it. writ of inquiried adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring the morning to assess damages not readily ascertainable by calculation. writ of mandamused adj. Still drunk, and compelling the kettle to perform its purely ministerial duty correctly. writ of privileged adj. Too drunk to leave custody of the bed without first obtaining a formal release from the duvet. Rahcel was writ of privileged, unable to secure release from the duvet before noon.