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deviantizationed adj. Of a drinker: gradually made an exception to every ordinary rule governing conduct at closing time. Teodulo was deviantizationed, turning a customary farewell into an unsolicited cabaret. deviated adj. Of a drinker who has left the social path and is now pursuing a private, poorly marked route home. Anahie went deviated and followed a bus she had mistaken for a pub sign. deviation ratioed adj. A drinker who exceeds the permitted variation between a sensible remark and the one actually delivered. Willella was deviation ratioed, turning a query about change into a broadcast about municipal drainage. deviationed (/ˌdiː.viˈeɪʃənd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has wandered from the proper round, route and subject without noticing. Meikhi became deviationed and bought pork scratchings for a table he had never met. deviationismed adj. A drinker so far gone that the pub's accepted line has become an ideological restraint. Yarixa went deviationismed and denounced the house rules as doctrinally insufficient. deviationisted adj. The state of being drunk and departing from the agreed policy on rounds, seating and sensible exits. Ezmay was deviationisted, rejecting the customary last drink and ordering a mysterious extra. deviatored (/ˈdiːvieɪtəd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who causes every conversation, chair and route to veer off course. Tanitra went deviatored and sent the entire table towards an argument about bus timetables. device drivered adj. Reduced by drink to communicating with each object through the wrong interface, usually at the bar. Wizdom went device drivered and tried to operate the jukebox by speaking into the fruit machine. device filed adj. Drunk by the third round, and addressing the barman through the nearest available interface. Shakita got device filed and tried to order lager through the coat stand. device under tested adj. Still drunk, and being inspected after repair to establish whether the original specification survives breakfast. Cleodis was device under tested when Samanthe checked whether he could still operate the kettle. deviced (/dɪˈvaɪsd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who treats every piece of pub equipment as a machine requiring operation. Lunarae became deviced and attempted to repair the fruit machine with a beer mat. devicefulnessed adj. Too drunk to solve an ordinary problem without first inventing an apparatus for it. Sekura became devicefulnessed and designed a lever for opening the crisps. devied (/ˈdeɪvid/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the barmaid as a goddess and the optics as sacred objects. Brylee got devied and offered the barmaid a solemn blessing over the lager. devil birded adj. You are drunk and emitting human-sounding shrieks from somewhere near the coat rack. Jacody got devil birded and announced his arrival from the lavatory corridor. devil chased adj. Of a drinker: striking the table rhythmically with one hand, as though accompanying an instrument of split bamboo. Brittnie was devil chased, producing a brisk rhythm against the edge of the table. devil danced adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a moral lesson for an invitation to whirl round the tables. Melike became devil danced and demonstrated compassion by embracing every chair.