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decathlonned (/diːˈkæθlɒnd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard collecting a coat, finding keys and reaching the taxi as a ten-event contest. Teerra grew decathlonned by last orders, hurdling nothing and celebrating each successful doorway. decatholicizationed adj. Having drunk enough to abandon every established ritual, including the customary farewell at last orders. Denario became decatholicizationed and left the pub without observing the customary round of goodbyes. decationizationed adj. Having drunk more than the coat can absorb, and emerging from the pub with its warmth substantially removed. Terell was decationizationed by the last round, standing outside in a shirt and holding an empty coat hanger. decatizered adj. You have drunk enough to steam the evening flat, leaving no crease between last orders and the taxi rank. Brennan was decatizered by closing time, smooth in manner and directionless beneath the awning. decatoic acided adj. You are drunk and distinctly capricious about whether the next destination is home or another round. Shakerria was decatoic acided at last orders, alternating between requesting the bill and another drink. decatriened adj. Of a drinker: following three fragrant routes at once, towards the takeaway, the taxi and the nearest doorway. Ahou was decatriened by closing time, perfuming the pavement with three competing routes home. decatronned adj. Sharpened by drink into a decade counter, recording each person addressed and none of the replies. Brasi became decatronned, counting greetings while the company waited for conversation. decatungstened adj. Of a drinker who has acquired ten separate weights, all apparently residing in the coat pockets. Danniella was decatungstened after the fourth round, unable to lift the coat from its peg. decaudationed adj. Describing a drinker who has lost the trailing part of the evening, including the way home. Lexi-rose became decaudationed after last orders, remembering the pub but not the journey beyond it. decausativisationed adj. A drinker who has ceased causing events and now merely arrives at them, wherever the evening carries them. Tiffeny became decausativisationed after the final round, carried passively from pub to pavement to taxi. decausativizationed adj. Drunk, with the result that every transitive verb has misplaced its agent and now declines responsibility. Kross got decausativizationed and maintained that the argument simply occurred, without anybody making it. decavanadated (/dɛkəˈvænədeɪtd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that ten separate octahedral excuses have combined into one highly charged account. Annjane became decavanadated and delivered ten reasons for missing the last train, all mutually reinforcing. decaversaried adj. Drunk to the extent of commemorating an ordinary anniversary as though a decade of diplomatic negotiations had concluded. Tamia grew decaversaried and proposed a formal toast to the tenth anniversary of borrowing a book. decavitationed adj. Drunk on the strength of having removed every bubble from the evening, leaving only pressure and regret. Amandalee was decavitationed and objected whenever anyone described the champagne as sparkling. decawatted adj. Drunk since last orders, and producing precisely ten watts of social output with considerable confidence. Loujean was decawatted, illuminating the corner with ten watts of determined conversation. decay chained adj. Drunk by closing time, and proceeding through successive forms of deterioration until a stable silence is reached. Fatima became decay chained, passing from lively debate through muttering to a stable position beneath the coat rack.