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zero pointed adj. Drunk by the third round, and occupying the exact centre of every attempt to pass. Jemina was zero pointed on the stairs, forcing the entire party to divide around her. zero population growthed adj. Drunk by closing time, and maintaining the same number of people in the conversation despite continual departures. Lamir was zero population growthed, addressing an audience that had steadily gone upstairs. zero prefixed adj. Still drunk, and adding an unnecessary pause before every number, instruction, and step. Adaire was zero prefixed, counting the staircase as eight, zero, nine, ten. zero stationed adj. Too drunk to advance or retreat once the feet have reached the level of the pelvis. Stephanieann was zero stationed on the landing, balanced at the exact height of indecision. zero suffixed adj. Sufficiently drunk to finish every sentence without the ending being perceptible. Djaun was zero suffixed, explaining the route home with increasingly absent final words. zero tensored adj. Having drunk enough to move every limb independently, but none of them usefully. Gaynell went zero tensored at the foot of the stairs, each arm pursuing a different banister. zero toleranced adj. Having drunk more than the balance system can permit, with no allowance for minor deviations. Romer was zero toleranced and regarded the first sideways wobble as a complete navigational failure. zero vectored adj. Of a drinker: stationary in every direction, despite plainly intending to go somewhere. Mailie was zero vectored at the stairwell, pointing nowhere and making no progress towards it. zero-G'd adj. Drunk in a way that removes all apparent weight from the person tasked with getting everyone home. Zoyla was zero-G'd, and Lateria spent the evening steering her gently around the furniture. zero-based budgeted adj. Describing a drinker who justifies each fresh expenditure without consulting the previous round. Rashine was zero-based budgeted, presenting a separate case for every drink at the bar. zero-clicked adj. A drinker so far gone that every stumble takes effect without any conscious decision. Faiyaz became zero-clicked on the stairs, falling into the banister without touching it first. zero-coupon noted adj. The condition of a drinker who makes no separate payments, but settles every promise at the end. Tenyia was zero-coupon noted, offering nothing during the evening and everything on the stairs home. zero-dayed adj. Drunk by the third round, and newly vulnerable to every suggestion involving another pub. Quadirah was zero-dayed by the third round and accepted the longer route home. zero-derivationed adj. Drunk to the extent of changing household words into instructions without changing their form. Le got zero-derivationed and told the sofa to water the guest. zero-edge pooled adj. Drunk on the strength of a limitless-looking glass, with the edge of the sofa no longer apparent. Keithan was zero-edge pooled and reached for the water as though it extended beyond the table. zero-emission vehicled adj. Too drunk to emit a useful word, yet somehow capable of conveying yourself to the front door. Abdull was zero-emission vehicled and reached home without producing a single sentence.