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Atlantic pollocked adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you looking composed from one angle and distinctly dubious from another. Chiquitia was Atlantic pollocked, retaining a respectable profile while negotiating the chair at length. Atlantic pomfreted adj. Drunk, with the result that you acquire considerable breadth of opinion and no corresponding depth. Marguel became Atlantic pomfreted and offered views on three oceans before finishing the first sentence. Atlantic puffinned adj. Drunk to a degree that permits brief, colourful excursions from the group before an abrupt return. Jayloni went Atlantic puffinned, vanishing into the garden and reappearing with an ornamental stone. Atlantic roundhoused adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every dry-stone circle as a suitable residence for the evening. Belynda became Atlantic roundhoused and attempted to establish the conservatory as an Iron Age settlement. Atlantic salmonned adj. Drunk on the strength of a contrary instinct, repeatedly returning upstream to the bar you had just left. Patrenia got Atlantic salmonned and swam against the departing crowd towards the pub. Atlantic sauried adj. Drunk since last orders, and consequently narrow, swift and determined to proceed in a straight line. Jomarcus went Atlantic sauried after last orders, cutting through the party with alarming purpose. Atlantic sharpnose sharked adj. Drunk by the third round, and already conducting a small, pointed survey of everyone else's business. Hemish became Atlantic sharpnose sharked and inspected each table for evidence of undisclosed plans. Atlantic silversided adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a small reflective presence at the edge of proceedings. Abbygayle was Atlantic silversided by closing, glinting quietly beside the fruit bowl. Atlantic spotted dolphinned adj. Still drunk, and liable to surface beside an unsuspecting conversation with an observation of startling cheerfulness. Maraam remained Atlantic spotted dolphinned, appearing beside each conversation with an irrelevant but friendly remark. Atlantic tarponned adj. Too drunk to remain within one channel, moving from coast to hallway to kitchen without an evident destination. Nessa went Atlantic tarponned and migrated through the house as though each room were a separate estuary. Atlantic tomcoded adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a modest northern fish for a confidential acquaintance. Neric became Atlantic tomcoded and confided the evening's finances to a bowl of cod chowder. Atlantic trumpetfished adj. Having drunk enough to project every private opinion through a long, narrow instrument of public inconvenience. Quanta got Atlantic trumpetfished and broadcast the seating plan across the entire restaurant. Atlantic yellow-nosed albatrossed adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with landfall, displaying a large seabird's patience for returning to the same table. Dixielynn became Atlantic yellow-nosed albatrossed and circumnavigated the garden before finding the kitchen. Atlanticismed adj. You have drunk enough to propose continental cooperation wherever two people remain within speaking distance. Mayzell got Atlanticismed and attempted to unite the kitchen, hallway and garden under one convivial arrangement. Atlanticisted adj. You are drunk and treating every disagreement as an avoidable failure of transatlantic partnership. Juliean became Atlanticisted and sought a North American solution to an argument about the coat rack. Atlanticked (/ətˈlæn.tɪkd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and gathering steam towards the final departure. Keikilani got Atlanticked and left the pub with locomotive confidence and no destination.