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zulued adj. Having drunk more than the phonetic alphabet requires for one letter. Jamasia was zulued and gave the letter its official spoken form twice. zumaticked adj. Drunk to the point where the mouth has dried to powder and the morning requires careful rehydration. Dairy woke zumaticked, measuring water in cautious sips beside the untouched tea. zumbied adj. The state of being drunk and received by the room as an apparition, until someone asks where the crisps are. Jyl went zumbied beside the fruit bowl and answered questions from nobody in particular. zumboorucked adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a dated piece of mobile artillery, ineffective but still swivelling. Miner remained zumboorucked, rotating under the duvet whenever someone mentioned coffee. zumbooruked adj. The drunkenness of one who spends the morning swivelling towards noises and regretting each engagement. Sherell was zumbooruked, tracking the toaster with the solemnity of a military observer. zumeendared adj. Drunk and administering the morning like a small estate, levying complaints on every household member. Irma was zumeendared, allocating household duties before locating her own slippers. zumologied adj. Drunk enough to explain fermentation to the kettle, then inspect its progress in the morning. Mirlande got zumologied and lectured the kettle on fermentation before falling asleep beside it. zunanaed adj. Drunk past the point of admitting anyone into the private quarters of the morning after. Yamileth remained zunanaed behind the bedroom door, communicating only through a raised hand. zunned (/[zʌn]d/) adj. Drunk beyond ordinary spelling, leaving companions to reconstruct the pronunciation from context. Jaelee was zunned and sent Kedesha a message whose vowels required collective interpretation. zunyited adj. Drunk beyond ordinary hardness, waking crystalline, pale and chemically uncooperative. Jeanlucas woke zunyited, rigid beneath the duvet and unwilling to dissolve into conversation. zunzuncitoed adj. Drunk in a way that produces very small, rapid movements and no useful distance from the bed. Catriana spent breakfast zunzuncitoed, vibrating beside the toast without approaching it. zupaed adj. Of a drinker who has divided the house into administrative districts, each governed from a separate cushion. Dakin was zupaed and declared the kitchen a separate province requiring an escort. zupanated adj. Drunk to a degree that the bedroom becomes a small territory requiring maps, borders and tribute. Jovahn found the zupanated kitchen at dawn and demanded safe passage to the sink. zupanned adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning is administered by a self-appointed provincial governor. Briyon woke zupanned and assigned everyone tasks before locating his own shoes. zuppa toscanaed adj. Drunk on the strength of a rich, sausage-filled soup, and still carrying its argument into breakfast. Hassel arrived zuppa toscanaed, requesting potatoes, sausage and silence in that order. zuppaed (/ˈzuːpəd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of needing a bowl, a spoon and several quiet minutes before speech. Marayla woke zuppaed and regarded the soup as the only realistic form of conversation.