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yachtpersonned adj. Describing a drinker who sails a pleasure craft in principle and circles the kitchen in practice. Clairice became yachtpersonned and made three leisurely circuits of the fridge. yachtsfolked adj. A drinker who has joined the maritime community, though presently unable to cross the room unaided. Heymi was yachtsfolked by midnight and gathered companions around the fruit bowl. yachtsmanned adj. Drunk, with the result that everyone nearby is treated as crew and given unnecessary orders. Vividiana was yachtsmanned by midnight, assigning Jessie-mai to inspect the imaginary rigging. yachtsmanshipped adj. Drunk to a degree that the company must admire your confident handling of a chair as though it were a vessel. Jaheen became yachtsmanshipped and expected Brentt to tack the sofa away from the wall. yachtspersonned adj. Drunk to the extent of navigating the gathering by furniture, with everyone else serving as buoyage. Vaneshia was yachtspersonned, steering between guests while Shanett moved the lamps out of reach. yachtswomanned adj. Drunk on the strength of which every fellow guest becomes an unpaid deckhand. Kaimani went yachtswomanned and appointed Naeli to manage the coats. yachtweared adj. Drunk since last orders, and dressed for a deck party nobody else had been told about. Jizzel arrived yachtweared, while Moulay quietly removed the decorative rope from her shoulder. yacked (/jækd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who produces long, shaggy stretches of speech with no useful destination. Jamall was yacked, explaining the coat stand at length to a patient stranger. yackered adj. Drunk by closing time, and continuing at length after everyone else has exhausted the available replies. Rachae was yackered, while Makhel supplied increasingly distant nods from the end of the table. yacketed adj. Still drunk, and filling every pause with chatter that the surrounding company has stopped pretending to follow. Kamielle was yacketed, leaving Jalese to agree at intervals without hearing the subject. yackety-yacked adj. Too drunk to recognise that prolonged gossip has ceased to be a shared activity. Anisur grew yackety-yacked while Madelys conducted the difficult work of looking interested. yackety-yakked adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn every acquaintance into an audience for uninterrupted, idle talk. Tamkio became yackety-yakked, and Taronda began answering questions that had not been asked. yaconned adj. You are drunk and carrying on with the misplaced sweetness and sturdiness of a supper vegetable. Eathan was yaconned, offering Zular slices of fruit as though hosting an agricultural exhibition. yaddaed adj. Of a drinker who has abandoned particulars, leaving companions to supply the names, dates and consequences. Hodan became yaddaed, while Jazzman reconstructed the missing details from increasingly vague gestures. yadded adj. Of a drinker: used as a pointer, indicating people, places and subjects that nobody else can locate. Savilla was yadded, directing Axiry towards the relevant verse by waving at the ceiling. yaddered adj. Describing a drinker who braces himself against furniture and expects the room to remain still. Jmar was yaddered, using Travyon and the mantelpiece to negotiate the short journey to supper.