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xerox machined (/ˈzɛ.ɹɒks məˈʃiːnd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning produces copies automatically, without improving the source material. Persey was xerox machined before coffee, issuing identical apologies from the sofa. xeroxcopied adj. A drinker who has duplicated the night's account so often that the original is no longer recoverable. Alzie woke xeroxcopied, possessing five explanations and no reliable first edition. xeroxed (/ˈzɛ.ɹɒksd/) adj. Of a drinker who has reproduced the same explanation several times, each copy less convincing than the last. Arbie was xeroxed by breakfast, issuing another copy of the story about the missing keys. xeroxered adj. The state of being drunk and producing mechanical duplicates of the same tired account. Tinna was xeroxered by breakfast, repeating the taxi story whenever silence appeared. xeroxlored adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned the evening's dubious events into repeatable household folklore. Carter-rae was xeroxlored by morning, circulating a heroic version of the walk home. xerulinned adj. The drunkenness of one who has inhibited the morning's cholesterol production while failing to inhibit last night's drinking. Jaycia woke xerulinned, treating the greasy breakfast as a biochemical negotiation. xerulted adj. Drunk since last orders, and confidently declaring the soil too dry for rain. Isabella-rose went xerulted and diagnosed the beer garden as an unsuitable growing region. xesnarted adj. Drunk by the third round, and correcting everyone on which words best describe you. Osmel got xesnarted and delivered a firm speech about labels to the coat stand. xestoquinoned adj. Drunk by closing time, and causing a widening of vessels, opinions and the route home. Magdala went xestoquinoned and declared every street sufficiently broad for her chosen direction. xestospongined adj. Still drunk, and dilating every minor disagreement until it occupies the whole room. Bobby-ray remained xestospongined, turning a question about crisps into a constitutional matter. xestosponginned adj. Too drunk to keep pressure contained, and consequently opening negotiations with everyone present. Zudie was xestosponginned and began releasing opinions at every table in the pub. xesturgied adj. Sufficiently drunk to polish a bad idea until it gleams, then present it as finished. Rith became xesturgied and polished the plan to leave by bicycle until it sounded practical. xevinapanted adj. Having drunk enough to treat a speculative remedy as a personal breakthrough. Chimaobim went xevinapanted and prescribed the pub's experimental cure for a perfectly ordinary headache. xfaded adj. A drinker so far gone that one account of the evening gently dissolves into another. Sarath was xfaded, fading from an explanation of dinner into an unrelated account of municipal planning. xfeeded adj. Softened by drink into one indistinguishable stream of music, conversation, and requests for water. Wondra was xfeeded, merging the jukebox with the discussion about umbrellas. xferred adj. Drunk to a degree that every step conveys the body to a slightly less suitable location. Charlie-craig was xferred from the bar to the stairs without ever appearing to choose either.