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defectuositied adj. You are drunk and presenting a great imperfection in the otherwise straightforward business of getting home. Garri was defectuositied by the coat rack, where putting on one sleeve became an extended undertaking. defedationed adj. Of a drinker: making the evening filthy by treating every unattended surface as part of the route home. Devrie was defedationed, leaving a trail of spilled lager from the bar to the coats. defeded (/ˈdi.fɛdd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has broken up the alliance between intention and execution before reaching the door. Jyssica was defeded by the final round, abandoning the agreed taxi and its agreed destination. defederalizationed adj. Of a drinker who has dissolved the evening's alliances and assigned each remaining coat its own government. Hulan became defederalizationed at last orders, sending friends home by entirely separate arrangements. defederationed adj. A drinker who has broken up the evening's alliance, leaving each companion to negotiate the journey alone. Grandin was defederationed when the group reached the taxi rank and immediately formed rival departures. defeminationed adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening's customary finishing arrangements have been stripped back to bare logistics. Mashaya was defeminationed by last orders, discussing only keys, coats and the nearest taxi. defeminisationed adj. The state of being drunk and divested of every unnecessary flourish before attempting the journey home. Orban was defeminisationed at closing time, retaining only a coat, a wallet and one destination. defeminizationed (/diːˌfɛmɪnaɪˈzeɪʃənd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has stripped the evening of ceremony and retained only the exit procedure. Dotty-rae was defeminizationed by last orders, treating the departure as a strictly functional exercise. defence accorded adj. Reduced by drink to negotiating a mutual assistance pact between yourself, the coat rack and the taxi. Meryle was defence accorded, assigning Jordina responsibility for the keys and the left-hand sleeve. defence diplomacied adj. Softened by drink into conducting peaceful negotiations between rival parties over the last available taxi. Moonyean was defence diplomacied at closing time, mediating calmly between three incompatible destinations. defence in depthed adj. Sharpened by drink into yielding ground one street at a time while preserving the logistics of eventual arrival. Siler was defence in depthed, retreating from pub to doorway to taxi without surrendering his umbrella. defence lawyered adj. Too drunk to distinguish a genuine grievance from an opportunity to cross-examine the barman. Jamora became defence lawyered and demanded to know which witness had authorised the final round. defence mechanismed adj. Drunk past the point of conscious coping, and now responding to stress through involuntary theatrical denial. Kordarius became defence mechanismed and described the overturned stool as an intentional seating arrangement. defenced (/dɪˈfɛnsd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has fortified the route home with coats, bags and several unnecessary precautions. Dewann stood defenced by the cloakroom, wearing two coats against a perfectly mild evening. defencelessnessed (/dɪˈfɛnsləsnəsd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to surrender every reasonable protection, including the knowledge of when to go home. Mariadelrosario grew defencelessnessed and accepted a mysterious kebab from an unknown jurisdiction. defencemanned adj. Having drunk enough to guard the goalmouth against incursions by chairs, coats, and unsolicited conversation. Ayedin became defencemanned and stationed himself between the doorway and a harmless umbrella stand.