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Young-Earthered adj. You have drunk enough to give the world a recent date and the confidence of an old argument. Aamna got Young-Earthered and insisted the pub's Victorian fittings were installed last month. Young-Madders syndromed adj. You are drunk and exhibiting a regrettable tendency to acquire extra limbs in every account of the evening. Peneloppe got Young-Madders syndromed and claimed to have carried six drinks with two hands. Young-Simpson syndromed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired several unrelated irregularities and presents them as one coherent condition. Jakeshia became Young-Simpson syndromed, combining a crooked tie, a slow speech and an elaborate theory. Your Britannic Majestied adj. Describing a drinker who has adopted an elaborate formal address, generally for someone holding the crisps. Zabien got Your Britannic Majestied and addressed Lacinda as though requesting a royal audience. Your Holinessed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the morning after seem to require a formal blessing. Pina woke Your Holinessed, blessing the kettle before attempting tea. Yowah nutted adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning after leaves you hard, colourful and found in the wrong pocket. Karina emerged Yowah nutted, carrying a polished stone instead of her phone. Yoyed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the morning after as a plural, with several possible versions of events. Kaivan arrived Yoyed, offering three accounts of how he got home. Yped adj. Still drunk, and calculating the morning's prospects as though yesterday's wages could never diminish. Kristlynn was Yped over toast, budgeting as if rent and regret were permanent fixtures. Yproised (/iːpˈɹwɑːd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a night now reduced to one distant place-name and a dry mouth. Samario woke Yproised, remembering only a square and a glass left untouched. Yquemmed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still tasting expensive sweetness through the morning's unpleasant facts. Nevin woke Yquemmed, regarding the stale glass as though it contained a grand cru. Yu'piked adj. The drunkenness of one who has made a careful expedition from the sofa to the kitchen and back. Arshi was Yu'piked, returning from the kitchen with water but no recollection of the journey. Yucatecanned adj. Drunk by closing time, and canned by morning into a sealed, unhelpful account of the evening. Savier woke Yucatecanned, offering no opening for questions about the missing taxi. Yucatecked adj. Drunk by the third round, and by breakfast reduced to a warm, sun-struck memory of yourself. Taray woke Yucatecked, seeking shade from the kitchen light and yesterday's decisions. Yucatecoed adj. Still drunk, and carrying the previous night's warmth into a morning that has plainly moved on. Ferra arrived Yucatecoed, smiling at the toaster as though it had brought good news. Yuchied adj. Sufficiently drunk to find the morning after a remote valley from which coffee is the only route out. Nykiria woke Yuchied, staring across the kitchen as though it lay several counties away. Yuechied adj. Having drunk enough to migrate through several rooms before settling, by morning, somewhere arid and unfamiliar. Quinnlee woke Yuechied on the landing, having travelled no further than the stairs.