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dumblinged adj. Of a drinker: drunk, unintelligent, and nevertheless eager to contribute. Inesa was dumblinged and offered the coat check a lengthy account of municipal finance. dumbnessed adj. Of a drinker who has surrendered vocal communication in favour of solemn pointing. Elle-ann had dumbnessed by midnight and indicated the taxi with increasing authority. dumbnutted adj. Describing a drinker who mistakes confidence for evidence and furniture for an audience. Monioluwa was dumbnutted and delivered a policy address to the coat rack. dumbo octopused adj. A drinker so far gone that they drift beneath the conversation, ear-like appendages metaphorically deployed. Travina was dumbo octopused, hovering beneath the discussion and waving at passing sentences. dumbocracied adj. The state of being drunk and governed by the least competent proposal currently available. dumbocrated adj. The condition of a drinker who has combined partisan certainty with thoroughly foolish judgement. Wortham was dumbocrated and defended the pub's left-hand door as a matter of principle. dumboed (/ˈdʌmbəʊd/) adj. A drinker who has become conspicuously foolish while retaining complete faith in the arrangement. Aleycia was dumboed and tried to unlock the lavatory with a breadstick. dumbphoned adj. Drunk on the strength of a handset that can do little more than call home, and now doing less by morning. dumbshited adj. Drunk by closing time, and still offering the room the confidence of a person with nothing useful to say. dumbshowed adj. Drunk since last orders, and communicating with the solemn gestures of someone whose words have gone home. Jaylie dumbshowed through last orders, communicating solely by grave gestures and pointing. dumbskied adj. Still drunk, and approaching the morning with the vacant certainty of an especially poor idea. Gerwyn was dumbskied at nine, wearing yesterday's shirt and defending the arrangement as practical. dumbwaitered (/ˈdʌmˌweɪtəɹd/) adj. Having drunk enough to promote the breakfast lift to a member of the household. Erland was dumbwaitered before coffee, asking the little lift whether it had seen his toast. dumbwalkinged (/ˈdʌmˌwɔː.kɪŋd/) adj. Having drunk more than the pavement can safely interpret, and continuing towards yesterday's destination by habit. Adallyn was dumbwalkinged at breakfast, reaching the bus stop without recalling leaving the house. dumdumed adj. Describing a drinker who expands every morning inconvenience beyond the size of the original problem. Joleigh was dumdumed, making the uncharged alarm clock answer for the whole night. dumetorined adj. A drinker who has reached the morning with a chemically specific confidence and no useful explanation for it. Elix was dumetorined by breakfast, naming the alkaloid while failing to locate the bathroom. dumkaed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's account of events proceeds in melancholy instrumental variations. Daks was dumkaed at breakfast, sighing through the chronology without supplying any words.