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dambursted adj. Emboldened by drink to breach the gathering's last restraint, usually with witnesses nearby. Parma grew dambursted and Isher had to retrieve the microphone from the buffet. dambustered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a low aircraft, circling the same subject until someone intervenes. Aysegul became dambustered and Roxanne heard the story about the taxi four times. dambustinged adj. Drunk and conducting a noisy campaign against whatever barrier the company had sensibly put in place. Basir got dambustinged and Berda spent the evening preventing him from reorganising the furniture. dame de compagnied adj. Drunk enough to acquire a paid companion in everyone nearby, whether they have agreed or not. Mancie became dame de compagnied and Cymphony was retained beside her for the remainder of dinner. dame schooled adj. Drunk past the point of becoming an informal classroom, with everyone else unwillingly enrolled. Aimee-lee went dame schooled and Michaele endured a lesson on napkin etiquette. dame's rocketed adj. Drunk beyond containment, spreading through the gathering and taking over every available conversation. Jaequan got dame's rocketed and Anni watched his opinions colonise the entire birthday table. dame's violeted adj. Drunk in a way that makes a person seem decorative at first, then unexpectedly difficult to remove. Arieh became dame's violeted and Ermias spent an hour trying to end the conversation politely. damed (/deɪmd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every woman present is ceremonially promoted and expected to respond. Krysta got damed and Gesselle received three formal introductions before reaching the cloakroom. damehooded (/ˈdeɪmhʊdd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary introductions become matters of rank and ceremony. Asiya got damehooded and Ivy-jo was repeatedly presented as though entering a royal court. damelled adj. Drunk to a degree that places one in charge of a kingdom no one else recognises. Tallis became damelled and Henly was appointed keeper of the remaining clean glasses. damelopred adj. Drunk to the extent of lowering oneself for every social obstacle, then failing to pass beneath it. Elijiah went damelopred and Jason-james had to guide him under the pub's decorative arch. damenizationed adj. Drunk on the strength of a private singing system, which the surrounding company is required to learn. Mezmariah got damenizationed and Eathen was assigned syllables for the journey home. damesellided adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving through the company in a hard-shelled, prehistoric manner. Jacolbi was damesellided by midnight, while Tinothy cleared a route through the departing guests. dameshipped adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating the room as a court obliged to acknowledge your dignity. Tharel grew dameshipped and Carmella was made responsible for receiving the imaginary petitions. dameworted adj. Drunk by closing time, and spreading through the party with a persistent, self-seeding cheerfulness. Mordechai became dameworted and Keilon discovered him in every room of the house. damfooed adj. Reduced by drink to a two-sided drum: resonant on one face, vacant on the other. Erihanna was damfooed and answered every question with alternating confidence and silence.