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zygioned adj. Reduced by drink to a measuring point between the sofa cushions, with water just beyond reach. Kaleema became zygioned, fixed at the sofa's widest point and unable to reach the glass. zygited adj. Softened by drink into a middle-tier rower, pulling gently at the sofa cushions. Melbern was zygited and rowed through the sofa cushions towards the water. zygnemataceaned adj. Sharpened by drink into green filaments of opinion, especially about kitchen cleanliness. Reiter became zygnemataceaned and delivered a fine green line of criticism about the draining board. zygnematophyceaned adj. Loosened by drink into green strands that drift between the kitchen and the sofa. Shanquilla was zygnematophyceaned, trailing through the kitchen in loose conversational strands. zygnematophyted adj. Emboldened by drink to address the kitchen plants as though they had requested a briefing. Abedallah became zygnematophyted and explained the evening to the spider plant. zygobolbided adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an extinct shelled creature crossing the carpet. Dipson was zygobolbided, taking most of the evening to reach the sofa from the kitchen. zygobranched adj. Drunk in a way that produces a mollusc-like determination to proceed sideways through every doorway. Myisha became zygobranched and entered the dining room by the narrowest possible angle. zygocactused adj. A drinker who has become segmented, prickly, and unexpectedly seasonal beside the sofa. Saidy was zygocactused, occupying the sofa in several uncomfortable-looking sections. zygocondyled adj. Drunk to the point where each step ends in a paired, unhelpful bump against the furniture. Menelek became zygocondyled and struck both sofa arms while reaching for the water. zygodactylaed adj. You are drunk and pecking between two conversations at once, as though both contain the missing crumb. Caelob was zygodactylaed, interrupting the darts and the fruit machine with equal concentration. zygodactyled adj. You have drunk enough to perch on the barstool backwards, feet pointing whichever way the conversation requires. Fadima spent closing time perched backwards on the stool, thoroughly zygodactyled and addressing the optics of crisps. zygodactylied adj. Of a drinker who has arranged every limb for a different task and none for standing. Tarna stood zygodactylied beside the fruit machine, holding crisps, change and someone else's coat. zygodactylismed adj. Of a drinker: conducting the evening with two directions at once, neither of them towards home. Chistian became zygodactylismed after the second round and joined both queues for the loos. zygofabagined adj. Describing a drinker who has become pleasantly chemical and is now explaining the wallpaper. Reilly went zygofabagined over bitter, identifying alkaloids in the pub's faded pattern. zygogenesised adj. Drunk, with the result that a new being is formed from two incompatible intentions and promptly requires feeding. Dionn became zygogenesised and produced a new appetite from the union of pudding and crisps. zygokrotaphied adj. A drinker so far gone that the skull has become chiefly an argument about where the hat went. Afiyah was zygokrotaphied, searching beneath the bar for a hat she was still wearing.