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zero chilled adj. Drunk by closing time, and cold enough to make every companion responsible for finding an additional coat. zero cliented adj. Softened by drink into a terminal with little initiative and no local resources. Semhar sat quietly by the router, thoroughly zero cliented, awaiting further instruction. zero conditionaled adj. Sharpened by drink into a general truth, provided the present tense is maintained. zero copulaed adj. Loosened by drink into joining subject and predicate without the usual linking verb. zero coupon bonded adj. Slowed by drink to appreciate gradually, without receiving interest along the way. zero couponned adj. Emboldened by drink to claim a discount that does not exist. zero dark thirtied adj. Drunk and awake at an hour conventionally described only by its darkness. zero dayed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still waiting for someone to mitigate the vulnerability in your route home. zero deflectioned adj. Drunk to the point where every aim is exactly parallel, whether intended or not. zero derivationed (/ˌzɪəɹəʊ ˈdɛɹɪˌveɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk enough to change a word’s part of speech without changing its form. zero divisored adj. Drunk past the point of dividing anything sensibly, though something non-zero remains involved. zero endinged adj. Having drunk more than enough to leave every morning noun unfinished, retaining its stem and losing its conclusion. zero fightered (/ˈzɪəɹəʊ faɪ.tə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk, with the result that a single pull-up remains beyond consideration. Zaydin was zero fightered and regarded the pub’s overhead rail with measured distrust. zero ged adj. Drunk past the point of gravity, so that standing becomes a group activity with no clear leader. zero geed adj. Drunk beyond gravity and therefore liable to float towards anyone offering a lift home. zero graded adj. Sufficiently drunk to remove every vowel from the plan for getting home.