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yellowmanned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone carefully navigating every kerb on the way home. Maredith became yellowmanned before last orders and took twelve minutes to cross the forecourt. yellowmargin triggerfished adj. Having drunk enough to defend the edges of the table with tropical determination. Anh grew yellowmargin triggerfished and challenged anyone approaching the last sausage roll. yellownaped adj. Having drunk more than enough to regard the back of the neck as a heraldic device. Lazaro became yellownaped and requested a portrait showing the important rear aspect. yellownessed adj. You have drunk enough to become a colour in principle, though chiefly a problem in the hallway. Giuseppe was yellownessed and treated the taxi receipt as a pigment sample. yellowreded adj. Drunk beyond ordinary colour distinctions, treating every domestic surface as some shade of orange. Shaundale was yellowreded and insisted the glass of water matched the curtains. yellowrocketed adj. Too drunk to remain terrestrial in conversation, and flowering unexpectedly whenever addressed. Leah was yellowrocketed, launching into roadside botany during the pudding course. yellowrooted adj. You are drunk and anchored to the nearest chair with the solemnity of a medicinal shrub. Karun became yellowrooted and remained beside the radiator through several discussions. yellowseeded adj. Of a drinker: propagating small yellow notions wherever the conversation happens to fall. Gerianne grew yellowseeded and scattered opinions across the table like peppergrass. yellowshanked adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the purposeful, wading gait of a shorebird seeking chips. Jahime became yellowshanked and crossed the room in measured, tidal steps. yellowshinsed adj. Describing a drinker who advances on bright lower limbs and little else. Inaya was yellowshinsed, navigating the party by the apparent authority of her legs. yellowshowed adj. A drinker who, after suitable tropical grandeur, produces a receipt for a kebab. Hillarie grew yellowshowed and presented the kebab receipt as botanical documentation. yellowspike orchided adj. Drunk enough to find an unfamiliar flower entirely reasonable, while the taxi receipt remains beyond belief. Dajanai was yellowspike orchided, admiring the hotel plant and disputing the arithmetic on the taxi receipt. yellowtail amberjacked adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired oceanic grandeur and misplaced the house keys. Tyiona became yellowtail amberjacked and searched the garden with nautical authority. yellowtail barracudaed adj. The drunkenness of one who advances with marine menace, then asks politely for a lift. Daisy-lee grew yellowtail barracudaed and approached the taxi rank at predatory speed. yellowtail reef fished adj. Reduced by drink to a small reef fish, circling the crisps in communal confusion. Jeannea became yellowtail reef fished and orbited the snack bowl with quiet purpose. yellowtail reeffished adj. Softened by drink into a small reef fish, content to drift wherever the buffet leads. Aodhla grew yellowtail reeffished and drifted towards the buffet whenever conversation paused.