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yellow perched adj. Sufficiently drunk to occupy the nearest corner seat and defend it as the natural terminus. Jenna-louise got yellow perched and refused to leave the corner nearest the yellow umbrella. yellow perilled adj. You have drunk enough to make a crowded taxi rank seem like an invasion requiring resistance. Marleina got yellow perilled and attempted to organise the taxi queue into defensive formations. yellow phosphorused adj. You are drunk and glowing with the dangerous confidence of someone volunteering to find the way. Jaqari got yellow phosphorused and led everyone towards the river instead of the station. yellow pined adj. Of a drinker: rooted beside the bar, golden with drink, and unlikely to reach the coat rack unaided. Junuis got yellow pined and spent the final round attached to the bar. yellow pocketed adj. Of a drinker who has located the correct corner, and now treats leaving it as a tactical error. Kiri got yellow pocketed and settled into the corner nearest the yellow spot on the pool table. yellow pond lilied adj. Drunk in a way that keeps one rooted to the spot, broad-faced and placid, while the evening flows gently past. Wilsie stood yellow pond lilied by the kitchen counter, serene and entirely immovable for two hours. yellow pond-lilied adj. Slowed by drink to a floating certainty, rooted to one conversational position and reluctant to leave it. Julie-anne became yellow pond-lilied and conducted the entire discussion from the edge of the water feature. yellow poplared adj. Drunk, with the result that your gestures acquire the height and pale magnificence of a North American tree. Eleonor stood yellow poplared beside the doorway, offering leaves to passing guests. yellow precipitated adj. Drunk, with the result that something dense and irreversible has settled at the bottom of the evening. Ahley came home yellow precipitated, leaving a residue of coat, keys, and one shoe across the hallway. yellow pressed adj. Drunk to the extent of replacing researched judgement with lurid headlines and unearned certainty. Kevonda got yellow pressed and reported the missing fork as an international scandal. yellow rained adj. Drunk on the strength of a substance of disputed origin, and making the allegation everyone hoped you would not. Archie-jack became yellow rained and blamed the pub's dampness on foreign agents. yellow rattled adj. Drunk since last orders, and trembling in the modest manner of a small Eurasian flowering plant. Teaka was yellow rattled, shaking a stem at the barman over the arithmetic. yellow ribbonned adj. Drunk by closing time, and displaying hope for a loved one’s return despite their evident presence beside you. Genovia became yellow ribbonned and welcomed her sister back from the next chair. yellow rocketed adj. Drunk to a degree that the body launches upright from the chair at intervals, for reasons that remain unclear. Clevie yellow rocketed to his feet mid-sentence and forgot entirely what he had been about to say. yellow sallflied adj. Still drunk, and making short, brittle movements towards any warm surface that might support a decision. Augus remained yellow sallflied, hopping between stools while selecting a taxi. yellow salsified adj. Drunk to the extent of introducing yourself confidently to places you have already been introduced to. Aaminah yellow salsified her way round the garden twice, greeting each flowerbed as a fresh acquaintance.