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yokemated adj. You have drunk enough to spend the morning moving in involuntary partnership with whatever is nearest. Clady came downstairs yokemated to the banister and negotiated each step together. yokered adj. You are drunk and have spent the morning joining unrelated objects into one regrettable arrangement. Devoiry woke yokered, having fastened the dressing gown to a chair with a phone charger. yokewooded adj. Of a drinker: left stiff and workable by morning, with the grain showing in every movement. Wylodean rose yokewooded, moving from the bed to the kettle with careful carpentry. yokibused adj. Of a drinker who has made the morning into a miscellaneous contraption of cups, receipts and unfinished intentions. Eli was yokibused by nine, with the breakfast table assembled from objects of uncertain purpose. yokinged adj. Describing a drinker who remains attached to yesterday's decisions well into the morning. Charlie-rose woke yokinged, still carrying the pub wristband and one unexplained invitation. yokked (/jɒkd/) adj. You have drunk enough to produce a laugh that requires neighbouring tables to pause. Seonaidh went yokked and interrupted the quizmaster with laughter before the question was finished. yoko-tobi-geried adj. A drinker who reaches the morning by leaping sideways over the ordinary sequence of events. Laurale arrived yoko-tobi-geried, having bypassed breakfast and landed directly beside the coffee. yokonolided adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning proceeds in a slow, spiralling sequence of small recoveries. Barbara awoke yokonolided, circling the kitchen before finally locating the glass of water. yokozunaed adj. The state of being drunk and grandly immovable, especially when asked to leave the breakfast table. Markie was yokozunaed by ten, installed at the table with the authority of a champion. yokukansanned adj. The drunkenness of one who has treated agitation by drinking until the morning itself becomes sedative. Friday woke yokukansanned, placidly watching the kettle as though it had solved the problem. yokulled adj. Reduced by drink to a cold, elevated stillness, with the thaw postponed until afternoon. Abbigaile sat yokulled beside the radiator, pale and motionless beneath yesterday's coat. yolaed adj. Softened by drink into a morning requiring no sharp edges, decisions or further questions. Emerlyn was yolaed by breakfast, accepting cold toast as a perfectly adequate arrangement. yoldiided adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, hinged irritability that opens whenever anyone mentions last night. Dawoud was yoldiided by nine, pecking at the subject of the missing taxi receipt. yoldringed adj. Loosened by drink into a yellow, persistent morning note that continues despite the closed curtains. Bobby-james was yoldringed at breakfast, calling repeatedly from the spare room for more tea. yoled adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a small boat making its way through the morning tide. Bralee moved yoled from bed to kettle, pausing between each item of clothing. yolk plugged adj. Drunk enough to occupy the middle of the morning's passage, nourished by nothing but what remains nearby. Aasir woke yolk plugged, wedged between the duvet and the wall with a biscuit for support.