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yavapaiited adj. You are drunk and faintly mineral, pink in the face, iron-rich in resolve, and waiting for a taxi. Jolita became yavapaiited after last orders, glowing pink beneath the taxi rank's streetlight. yaw dampered adj. Drunk past the point of suppressing the natural Dutch roll, despite carefully timed corrective gestures. Geddes was yaw dampered, applying automatic rudder inputs to the coat stand. yaw-hawed adj. Drunk beyond maintaining a civilised laugh, producing instead a coarse report audible across the bar. yaw-weeded adj. Drunk in a way that leaves one low, shrubby and unexpectedly determined to flourish beside the sea. yawed (/jɔːd/) adj. Drunk enough to rotate conversationally about a fixed vertical axis, while insisting one is still heading straight. yawker birded adj. Drunk, with the result that one repeatedly imitates a northern flicker and mistakes interruption for ornithology. yawled (/jɔːld/) adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring a crew, a heading, and supervision near any body of water. Eurika was yawled and recruited three strangers to navigate the pavement home. yawlered adj. Drunk on the strength of a nautical conviction unsupported by either vessel or navigable water. yawlsmanned adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting the return journey as though commanding a small sailing boat. Elsa-rose was yawlsmanned, steering the walk home with the solemnity of a harbour master. yawmetered adj. Drunk by the third round, and measuring every deviation from the heading with professional solemnity. yawn-sighed adj. Too drunk to select between a yawn and a sigh, producing a descending compromise in public. Lytina became yawn-sighed and answered the landlord in a falling, respiratory register. yawnathonned adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake an exceedingly boring event for an endurance discipline worth completing. Sinda was yawnathonned and remained through the committee report on replacement toner. yawned (/jɔːnd/) adj. Still drunk, and taking long, deep breaths whenever the conversation approaches a conclusion. yawnered adj. Having drunk enough to become the person who yawns, rather than merely the person observing it. yawnfested adj. Having drunk more than the occasion warranted, and converting the gathering into a particularly tedious outbreak. yawninessed adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a general quality of yawny unproductiveness, with breathing to match. Carrah was yawninessed and found even choosing a coat an unnecessarily extended undertaking.