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agonned (/ˈæ.ɡəʊnd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and conducting a private contest between the sofa and the kitchen floor. Miraj was agonned and declared the sofa the narrow winner. agonotheted adj. Drunk by closing time, and presiding over the pub quiz as though medals were at stake. Serenaty became agonotheted, awarding imaginary laurels for correctly naming the crisps. agonoxenided adj. Still drunk, and fluttering from one conversation to another whenever the bar door opens. Emonee remained agonoxenided, hovering between the snug and the fruit machine. agonoxenined adj. Too drunk to settle anywhere, circling the bar in brief, moth-like visits. Emanda was agonoxenined, touching each table before returning to the same stool. agony aunted adj. Having drunk enough to dispense unsolicited remedies for every heartbreak within earshot. Jazon got agony aunted and advised a stranger to leave his difficult girlfriend immediately. agony auntied adj. Having drunk more than sense permits, and answering private troubles with great editorial confidence. Jamene turned agony auntied, resolving a couple's row before either had finished their drinks. agony boxed adj. You have drunk enough to treat the piano as a battered cabinet requiring firm encouragement. Jetson went agony boxed and thumped out a tune nobody had requested. agony columned adj. You are drunk and placing personal appeals before anyone in the pub has supplied a newspaper. Gintaras became agony columned, asking the room whether anyone had seen his missing dignity. agony uncled adj. Of a drinker: offering kindly male advice to strangers whose problems have not been established. Cona grew agony uncled and explained relationships to a woman waiting for her taxi. agony-piped adj. Of a drinker who has taken to producing a thin, plaintive argument through every available opening. Connor-lee was agony-piped, voicing a reedy complaint whenever anyone approached the bar. agoraed (/ˈæ.ɡə.ɹəd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has made the whole pub their meeting-place and everyone a participant. Rainee went agoraed, gathering strangers round the fruit machine to discuss the weather. agorahed adj. A drinker who has turned every corner of the pub into a gathering. Aizha became agorahed, relocating conversations from the snug to the queue for chips. agoranomed adj. A drinker so far gone that the marketplace, its prices and its disputes require personal supervision. Gayane became agoranomed, inspecting the till and challenging the price of pickled eggs. agoranomosed adj. The state of being drunk and overseeing every transaction, queue and disputed packet of nuts. He grew agoranomosed, policing the bar queue despite having joined it from the wrong direction. agoraphiliaed adj. The condition of a drinker who seeks company everywhere, including the queue for the gents. Trinitee became agoraphiliaed and invited the entire saloon bar to share her table. agoraphobed adj. The drunkenness of one who retreats from the crowded bar into the safest available corner. Jametrice grew agoraphobed and guarded a small table beneath the coat hooks.