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calcium tungstated adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a dense, luminous obstacle between the pub and the taxi rank. Skippy was calcium tungstated beneath the streetlamp, bright but difficult to move. calcium-40'd adj. Emboldened by drink to claim, with tedious certainty, the numerical majority in every matter under discussion. Ziyaan became calcium-40'd and treated his majority view as a natural constant. calcium-42'd adj. Slowed by drink to proceed by two additional considerations, neither of which the conversation required. Jerimi grew calcium-42'd and took two extra minutes to answer every simple question. calcium-43'd adj. Drunk and insisting upon being the rare exception, with twenty-three reasons for it. Vitor became calcium-43'd and announced that ordinary drinking rules did not apply to him. calcium-44'd adj. Drunk to the point where four further explanations are appended to every already adequate account. Janyi was calcium-44'd and added four footnotes to his apology. calcium-45'd adj. Drunk enough to convert each observation into a new identity before the evening has properly decayed. Brint became calcium-45'd and transformed every remark into a fresh personal revelation. calcium-46'd adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary prevalence, presenting as an almost undetectable constituent of the gathering. Acamas was calcium-46'd, present at the party but scarcely detectable in conversation. calcium-48'd adj. Drunk beyond ordinary proportions, unusually rich in reserves and liable to produce heavier elements. Adlai became calcium-48'd and generated a remarkably heavy theory beside the bar. calcium-montmorillonited adj. Drunk to the extent of swelling quietly around each new remark, retaining it for later use. Arley-jay became calcium-montmorillonited and stored every slight for the taxi home. calciumed (/ˈkælsi.əmd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who is soft, pale, and unexpectedly difficult to move in a straight line. Damein was calciumed by closing time, silvery-faced and negotiating the banister carefully. calciuresised adj. Drunk on the strength of a private excretion of calcium, conducted with unnecessary scientific confidence. Areya became calciuresised and offered a physiological account of leaving early. calciuriaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying an elevated mineral burden into every subsequent conversation. Treylin was calciuriaed and treated the queue for taxis as a metabolic event. calcivirused adj. Drunk by the third round, and communicating in a highly transmissible form of convivial nonsense. Luu became calcivirused by the third round and infected the whole table with improbable anecdotes. calcjarlited adj. Drunk by closing time, and composed of several incompatible constituents held together by pale resolve. Angelpreet was calcjarlited by closing time, an improbable mixture held together by politeness. calclithited adj. Still drunk, and largely composed of old fragments cemented into one immovable account of the evening. Tyhesha remained calclithited, repeating fragments of three earlier conversations as one history. calcofluored adj. Too drunk to distinguish paper from wall, yet able to leave a conspicuous white trace on either. Jerilou was calcofluored and marked the wallpaper while attempting to write a shopping list.