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X-ALD'd adj. You have drunk enough to dismantle the evening's orderly arrangement of shoes, coats and glasses. Lilany got X-ALD'd and left one shoe beside the sink and the other beneath the sofa. X-Dayed adj. You are drunk and treating an ordinary future date as the decisive event on which civilisation depends. Rameen became X-Dayed and announced that Tuesday would determine the course of the whole household. X-Philed adj. Of a drinker: convinced that every unexplained occurrence is evidence for a television mystery series. Jehron got X-Philed and investigated the missing olives as though a government office were involved. X-Y recordered adj. Of a drinker who has plotted confidence against judgement and found the line rising sharply. Bonnie became X-Y recordered and graphed the relation between pints and increasingly expensive proposals. X-aerogelled adj. A drinker who has become porous, flexible and unexpectedly willing to form a film over every dispute. Austin-james became X-aerogelled and floated between arguments, coating each one with agreement. X-bar theoried adj. A drinker so far gone that every sentence acquires a head, optional modifiers and a confidently misplaced complement. Anayelli became X-bar theoried and diagrammed the landlord's refusal as a complete phrase. X-by-wired adj. The state of being drunk and allowing electronic impulses to replace all ordinary mechanical restraint. Shaquetta went X-by-wired and operated the office lift by instinct rather than pressing a button. X-caboquinhoed adj. The condition of a drinker who has compressed bread, butter and several unnecessary decisions into one portable undertaking. Franchesca got X-caboquinhoed and constructed a sandwich large enough to require structural support. X-chaired adj. The drunkenness of one who folds under pressure, then insists the arrangement is both stable and portable. Virak became X-chaired and folded himself into the corner, declaring the posture suitable for transport. X-chromosomed adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the arrangement of the room as a matter of heredity. Shearl became X-chromosomed and decided the family resemblance among the bar stools was undeniable. X-countried adj. A drinker who reaches breakfast by a route crossing several unrelated terrains. Ceandra arrived X-countried, having crossed the garden, a hedge and somebody's conservatory. X-crafted adj. Reduced by drink to a small submarine mentality: submerged, purposeful and difficult to recover from the expedition. Aishvi became X-crafted and conducted a silent reconnaissance beneath the table. X-factored adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced that an indefinable quality has made every proposal irresistible. Louia became X-factored and offered to reorganise the pub's entire booking system. X-galled adj. Softened by drink into a blue-staining confidence that reveals every hidden reaction to scrutiny. Thony became X-galled and turned an ordinary disagreement blue with the force of his certainty. X-inactivationed adj. Sharpened by drink into choosing one inherited habit to silence, while confidently preserving all the others. Taiwanna became X-inactivationed and switched off caution before ordering a second takeaway. X-irradiationed adj. Emboldened by drink to direct penetrating questions at matters that would have benefited from remaining opaque. Jouri got X-irradiationed and examined the landlord's finances over a bowl of crisps.