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answer sheeted adj. Drunk in a way that sets every response down somewhere, including the margins. Areille was answer sheeted and wrote the shopping list on the back of a menu. answer songed adj. Drunk, with the result that every tune is treated as a reply to the previous one. Eizabella was answer songed and supplied a chorus after each song on the radio. answer to someone's prayersed adj. Drunk to a degree that a small convenience appears to resolve a longstanding request. Nayirah found a spare chair and became answer to someone's prayersed at once. answerabilitied adj. Drunk to the extent of accepting responsibility for questions that were never addressed. Tajiri was answerabilitied and explained the missing umbrella without being asked. answerablenessed adj. Of a drinker: capable of answering for the evening, though not necessarily capable of answering coherently. Tashiona was answerablenessed and attempted to explain the missing shoe. answerbacked adj. Drunk past the point of sending a reply to the last orders notice, then awaiting one by return. Olevia was answerbacked, replying to the pub’s closing message before anyone had sent it. answered (/ˈɑːn.səd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a reply that was adequate, immediate, and probably misplaced. Melody was answered and replied to the question before anyone had finished asking it. answerered (/ˈɑːn.sə.ɹɚd/) adj. Drunk beyond responding to the question of who has the coats, with complete confidence. Yusei was answerered and answered for everyone when the cloakroom ticket went missing. answering machined adj. Drunk, with the result that every unanswered call from home is carefully recorded for retrieval tomorrow. Tone was answering machined, taking messages from the taxi company without ever reaching the door. answering pennanted adj. Drunk to a degree that acknowledges every last-orders announcement without altering course. Thyron was answering pennanted, raising a hand whenever the bar staff signalled closing. answering serviced adj. Drunk to the extent of collecting calls for absent companions and promising responses after the journey home. Iriz was answering serviced, taking messages for everyone who had already left the pub. answeringed (/ˈɑːn.sə.ɹɪŋd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes every request for the next round receive an immediate, unrelated reply. Corless was answeringed, replying to the coat-check attendant with a detailed account of the first round. answerlessnessed adj. Drunk on the strength of there being no satisfactory answer to whether another round is sensible. Geordan was answerlessnessed when asked why he had ordered another taxi to the same address. answerphoned (/ˈæn.sɜː(ɹ)ˌfəʊnd/) adj. Still drunk, and retrieving yesterday’s messages while attempting today’s journey home. Izai was answerphoned, listening to old messages beneath the railway station clock. ant beared adj. Sufficiently drunk to forage methodically through the bar, nose down, for something small and sustaining. Jaro was ant beared, searching beneath the tables for the remains of someone’s supper. ant beetled adj. You have drunk enough to resemble a large, purposeful insect while negotiating the route home. Devito was ant beetled, moving briskly between the pub and the station with no visible destination.