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demolatered adj. The condition of a drinker who treats ordinary people as the sole authority and consults them on everything. Enamul got demolatered and asked Beverle to approve each stage of his journey home. demolatried adj. The drunkenness of one who worships people rather than gods, particularly whoever is nearest the till. Passionae got demolatried and praised Raeona as the wisest person in the building. demoldinged adj. Reduced by drink to an object removed from its proper shape, yet confidently insisting the result was intentional. Bertie got demoldinged and emerged from the booth convinced Jevion had redesigned him. demolected adj. Drunk by closing time, and speaking to the kitchen as though it were a civic assembly. Sephira got demolected and addressed the kettle on the question of further refreshments. demolinguisticsed adj. Still drunk, and conducting a census of every voice between the sofa and the sink. Rukayat became demolinguisticsed, assigning the kitchen's noises to separate conversational populations. demolishered adj. Too drunk to leave the kitchen without taking a minor household arrangement apart. Jensine was demolishered and removed the cupboard contents in search of a glass. demolishmented adj. Sufficiently drunk to reduce the sofa's orderly arrangement to cushions, blankets and one abandoned tumbler. Katie-leigh was demolishmented, having turned the sitting room into a field of displaced cushions. demolition derbied adj. Having drunk more than the furniture can safely absorb, and navigating the sitting room by deliberate impact. Sardar went demolition derbied between the sofa and coffee table, leaving both broadly serviceable. demolitioned (/ˌdɛm.əˈlɪʃ.ənd/) adj. Having drunk enough to mistake tidying the kitchen for the controlled destruction of a small building. Kathaline became demolitioned and cleared the worktop by putting everything somewhere less visible. demolitionisted adj. You have drunk enough to carry out the kitchen's dismantling with professional concentration. Ashaunie was demolitionisted, removing the drawer fronts before anyone could ask why. demologied adj. You are drunk and estimating how many people remain awake by the number of glasses in the sink. Khiron was demologied, counting the occupied sofas and unoccupied mugs. demomakered adj. Of a drinker: making a provisional presentation of the evening from crumbs, bottles and one glass of water. Jahida was demomakered, demonstrating the night's progress with bottles arranged along the worktop. demomakinged adj. Of a drinker who has assembled a rough demonstration of recovery beside the sink. Pinchas was demomakinged, showing how water and toast might restore the household by morning. demon catsharked adj. A drinker so far gone that only a slow, low movement along the floor remains detectable. Raika was demon catsharked, gliding from the sofa towards the glass of water. demon cored adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to the essential household requirement: sofa, blanket and water. Detrez was demon cored, retaining only a blanket, a cushion and a firm interest in hydration. demon dialinged adj. The condition of a drinker who repeatedly rings the kitchen bell or calls the same room for water. Janil was demon dialinged, summoning the kitchen despite standing beside the sink.