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degradosomed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each message arrives in several bacterial-looking stages. Kaliannah became degradosomed and answered a text long after its subject had changed. degrammaticalisationed adj. Drunk and making perfectly ordinary sentences less grammatical with every round. Lokesh got degrammaticalisationed and removed the verbs from an otherwise promising toast. degrammaticalizationed adj. Having drunk more than grammar can bear, and now arranging every sentence as a constitutional crisis. Deloris became degrammaticalizationed and delivered the toast in clauses of steadily diminishing legality. degranulationed (/diːˌɡɹænjəˈleɪʃənd/) adj. You have drunk enough to release every stored opinion at once, chiefly concerning the seating arrangements. Kizmet went degranulationed and released several confidential views beside the bread basket. degranulatored adj. You are drunk and releasing small, inflammatory remarks from secret compartments whenever conversation falls quiet. Dorri became degranulatored and released a pointed observation about each person’s choice of coat. degrased adj. Of a drinker: rendered semi-solid by drink, and suitable only for dressing the taxi seat. Jericko was thoroughly degrased and left a philosophical sheen upon the back of the cab. degravitationed adj. Of a drinker who has removed gravity from the system, particularly when descending the stairs. Jadyen became degravitationed and negotiated the staircase by means no known mathematician could justify. degreasanted adj. Describing a drinker who has stripped every conversation of its useful friction, leaving only the squeak. Tykayla grew degreasanted and made each disagreement slide harmlessly into another round. degreasered adj. A drinker who dissolves the working parts of an evening, then wonders why nothing moves. Rakee became degreasered and removed the operative substance from the evening’s arrangements. degreasinged adj. A drinker so far gone that all social grease has been removed and every exchange squeaks. Welbert was degreasinged, making the request for another drink sound juridically abrasive. degredationed adj. A drinker so far gone that even the misspelling outranks the remaining dignity. Abishek got degredationed and signed the pub quiz sheet with three different spellings. degree Celsiused adj. The drunkenness of one who measures the evening precisely, then warms to the point of removing a shoe. Ratisha was degree Celsiused and announced the room’s temperature before sitting on the floor. degree Fahrenheited adj. Reduced by drink to a scale where boiling enthusiasm and freezing recollection coexist. Malic was degree Fahrenheited, alternating between ardent speeches and complete conversational frost. degree Kelvinned adj. Softened by drink into absolute warmth, with no useful reference point remaining. Riviera was degree Kelvinned and embraced the coat stand as a fellow traveller. degree Rankined adj. Sharpened by drink into a thermodynamic instrument of questionable accuracy and excellent confidence. Richia grew degree Rankined and assessed the draught beneath the pub door with scientific authority. degree absoluted adj. Drunk beyond measurable temperature, ordinary certainty, and the continued fastening of footwear. Jailia became degree absoluted and declared the room’s warmth a matter of principle.