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yippied (/ˈjɪ.pid/) adj. Drunk to the point where every round becomes a political action and every stranger a fellow traveller. yippinged adj. Drunk enough to answer ordinary questions with a small, persistent noise. Sunaina was yippinged and replied to the landlord with cheerful sounds from behind her pint. yirdakied adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken a long, resonant drone for a complete musical arrangement. Geraldi was yirdakied and performed the same low note through three separate conversations. yirked adj. Drunk to the extent of making abrupt corrections that create more movement than they prevent. yirmiliked adj. Drunk beyond the value of money, but still inclined to discuss the price of another round. yirosed (/ˈjɪə.ɹɔsd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every nearby sandwich is addressed in Greek and shared without consultation. Suleica got yirosed and distributed the takeaway among people who had already eaten. yirratjied adj. Drunk in a way that keeps you low, quick and unexpectedly difficult to catch on the way out. yited adj. Drunk, with the result that you call across the pub in a bright, repetitive country voice. Tereso was yited and announced his arrival to the snug in a ringing refrain. yitonged adj. Drunk to the extent of playing every decision as a board game, including who buys the next round. yixunited adj. Drunk on the strength of a brightness which is impressive at first and difficult to sit beside. yizkored adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting a solemn service for every abandoned glass. ylanded adj. Emboldened by drink to cross the room as though water separated you from everyone else. Allisson went ylanded across the hall, waving from each carpeted patch as though offshore. ylang ylanged adj. Still drunk, and radiating the expensive floral confidence of someone who has forgotten the pub is closing. ylang-ylanged adj. Too drunk to distinguish a tropical fragrance from the landlord’s air freshener, and determined to investigate both. ylelonded adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a remote patch of land, reached one uncertain step at a time. ylemed (/ˈiːlɛmd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the pub as a hot, dense universe from which all sensible matter is still forming.