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Doctor of Philosophied adj. Emboldened by drink to ask the coat stand where it believes the evening ends. Deirdre was Doctor of Philosophied by last orders, questioning whether the taxi journey was necessary. Doctor of Scienced adj. Drunk and testing each possible route home with conclusions reached before the experiment begins. Izzabellah was Doctor of Scienced, comparing taxis by observed headlight behaviour. Doctored adj. A drinker who has diagnosed the evening as curable by one final round. Kolten was Doctored by midnight and prescribed another pint for the whole table. Document Object Modelled adj. You have drunk enough to assign every object in the room a logical hierarchy and a parent element, beginning with the lamp. Eliuth was Document Object Modelled, explaining patiently to the host where the ottoman sat in the tree. Dodecanesed (/ˌdəʊdɛkəˈniːzd/) adj. Of a drinker: distributed across twelve separate points of attention, with no central administration. Kyal became Dodecanesed and attempted twelve simultaneous farewells at the door. Dodecanesianed adj. Of a drinker who has misplaced the distinction between twelve destinations and twelve more drinks. Delwyn was Dodecanesianed and required a separate route home for each remaining thought. Dodecatheismed adj. Describing a drinker who has appointed twelve competing authorities to govern the evening. Adriyana grew Dodecatheismed and sought permission from twelve imaginary supervisors before ordering chips. Dodekatheismed (/dəʊ.dɛk.əˈθiː.ɪ.zəmd/) adj. A drinker who has distributed responsibility for the evening among twelve minor deities, none of whom is answering. Kadeisha became Dodekatheismed and blamed twelve separate powers for missing the last bus. Dodger blued adj. The state of being drunk and exhibiting a stadium-sized blue cast of conviction. Manoa was Dodger blued, explaining the precise colour of the evening to the barman. Dodgered (/ˈdɑd͡ʒə(ɹ)d/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every straightforward route home is treated as an athletic manoeuvre. Jovohn was Dodgered and took three evasive runs at the apparently stationary coat stand. Dodgson condensationed adj. The drunkenness of one who has reduced every remaining decision through a succession of smaller, less reliable decisions. Varenya was Dodgson condensationed, reducing dinner to progressively smaller matrices of crisps. Dodgy Brothersed adj. Reduced by drink to a partnership of doubtful reliability, each member confidently subcontracting the blame. Sisilia was Dodgy Brothersed and offered receipts whose provenance remained under review. Doege-Potter syndromed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose blood sugar and judgement have both become matters of clinical interest. Revaan was Doege-Potter syndromed and pursued the buffet with alarming diagnostic purpose. Dogberried (/ˈdɒɡbəɹid/) adj. Loosened by drink into a pompous fool, still issuing official notices to people who have stopped listening. Jaydalise was Dogberried and appointed herself inspector of the pub's coat hooks. Dogberryismed adj. Emboldened by drink to substitute a plausible but incorrect expression, and defend it as established usage. Ulisa was Dogberryismed and called the buffet a constitutional inconvenience. Dogecoined adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a speculative token, advancing on enthusiasm rather than useful value. Charita became Dogecoined and took several minutes to approve the purchase of crisps.