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Xuan papered adj. Drunk beyond the point at which speech remains a continuous surface. Dariun became Xuan papered halfway through the explanation and left several syllables blank. Xuetaed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the drinker keep to one side of the stairs and avoid eye contact with the other. Kimberlly went Xuetaed on the staircase, making discreet progress beside the banister. Xvideoed adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating every gathering as an unsuitable screening room. Shalim was Xvideoed and attempted to curate the family photographs for a horrified audience. x factored adj. Still drunk, and allowing an unnamed influence to settle questions that ought to have remained open. Lainy was x factored and let an invisible influence choose the route home. x united adj. Softened by drink into particles so minute that only an observant physicist would think to measure them. Jazaya became x united and occupied less conversational space than the bar mat. x videoed adj. Drunk by the third round, and recommending adult material to people who came for dinner. Rufael became x videoed and described his proposed film night over the soup. x-axised adj. Sharpened by drink into a horizontal certainty, proceeding steadily from left to right and ignoring the vertical facts. Reilley went x-axised and crossed the room according to an argument no one could see. x-banded adj. Loosened by drink into a high-frequency transmission, intelligible only to equipment designed for difficult signals. Lynex became x-banded and broadcast his conclusions across the entire supper. x-cat-ikked (/ˈʃkɑtikd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to acquire the bright heat and unnecessary insistence of a Yucatecan chilli. Jeanjacques grew x-cat-ikked and challenged the mildest dish to defend itself. x-factored adj. Too drunk to distinguish a genuine talent from an unexplained reason to proceed. Samaira was too x-factored to explain the plan, but entirely certain it would improve the evening. x-heighted adj. Drunk and measuring every lower-case remark against an imaginary typographical midline. Helena became x-heighted and objected to the bartender's inconsistent letterforms. x-intercepted adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation crosses the horizontal axis and arrives at zero. Serafima grew x-intercepted and reduced each anecdote to its point of contact with nothing. x-irradiationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to inspect the kitchen cupboards as though their contents required medical imaging. Tamina became x-irradiationed and examined the biscuit tin for hidden structural weaknesses. x-overed adj. Drunk and switching sides mid-step, as though crossing an obstacle invisible to everyone else. Voda went x-overed near the bar and narrowly missed the only straight path home. x-posted adj. Too drunk to keep one conversation in one place, distributing it across every available audience. Jamique got x-posted and told the same story at the bar, table, and taxi rank. x-radiationed adj. A drinker so far gone that the kitchen's internal arrangements have become visible through its doors. Coda became x-radiationed and described the contents of the fridge from the sofa.