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x-ray visioned adj. Drunk enough to see through the pub's ordinary surfaces and find another explanation beneath. Kolia became x-ray visioned and found a second meaning inside the handwritten drinks menu. x-rayed adj. The drunkenness of one who has exposed the inner structure of the household, including its less defensible cupboards. Derome became x-rayed and explained why the sofa cushion had migrated to the hallway. x-risked adj. Drunk in a way that makes the continued existence of the evening seem conditional. Variah was x-risked when the pub announced its final orders. x-sectioned adj. You are drunk and viewing the buffet as a diagram through which the sausage runs. Nayela was x-sectioned and explained the sausage's central position to everyone. x-systemed adj. Drunk past the point of accents, rendering every difficult letter with an x and calling the result convenient. Clarita went x-systemed and typed every circumflex as though keyboards had become moral matters. x-winged adj. Drunk in a way that gives each arm an independent flight path, joined only by administrative necessity. Ralonda went x-winged and used both arms to navigate a perfectly stationary chair. x-worded adj. Drunk, with the result that every disagreement is assigned the same censorious word, whether relevant or not. Anglo became x-worded and applied the term to the jukebox, the crisps and the weather. xDNA'd adj. Drunk to the extent of enlarging every ordinary impulse with an additional ring and considerable chemical confidence. Tiheim became xDNA'd and treated the cocktail list as a programme of synthetic evolution. xG'd adj. Drunk by the third round, and judging every subsequent shot by its expected chance of scoring. Nicholina was xG'd, rating each dart by where it ought eventually to land. xMOOC'd adj. Drunk on the strength of a recorded lecture, a clear syllabus, and the misplaced belief that self-testing remains possible. Orvall grew xMOOC'd and delivered the evening in numbered modules with revision questions. xPON'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and combining two incompatible systems with the confidence of a telecommunications standard. Kristiena became xPON'd and attempted to merge two separate queues into one network. xVxed adj. Drunk by the third round, and sternly abstinent in principle while accepting whatever others have ordered. Krishaan was xVxed and lectured the table on discipline between mouthfuls of someone else's chips. xacutied (/ˈʃɑ.ku.tid/) adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a complicated internal arrangement of spice, heat and questionable confidence. Avaia grew xacutied and maintained that the coat cupboard required more chilli. xacuttied adj. Still drunk, and carrying the evening's complications in several spellings, each more heavily seasoned than the last. Declin was xacuttied and disputed the menu's spelling while requesting another portion. xalammed (/kɑˈlɑmd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to hear a West African lute in any arrangement of speech, furniture or cutlery. Wilberto became xalammed and supplied plucked accompaniment to the landlord's instructions. xaliprodened (/zəˈlɪpɹədɛnd/) adj. Having drunk enough to regard neurodegeneration as a promising treatment for the evening's remaining decisions. Arethia grew xaliprodened and prescribed a clinical trial for the broken umbrella.