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earnings seasonned adj. Drunk and reporting quarterly results to anyone prepared to listen, including the cloakroom attendant. Izhane got earnings seasonned and announced a disappointing outlook for the remaining crisps. earningsed adj. Loosened by drink into wages with no obvious destination beyond the nearest takeaway. Orlaidh got earningsed and distributed the week's income among taxis and sauces. earnouted adj. Drunk to the point where extraordinary performance is promised in exchange for a share of tomorrow. Noralva got earnouted and negotiated equity in the taxi driver's waiting time. earnutted adj. Drunk enough to secure every loose attachment, especially the earring of someone trying to leave. Rosamaria got earnutted and fixed Klarisa's earring with solemn manual precision. earpaded adj. Drunk past the point of requiring comfort, with conversation reduced to a muffled personal broadcast. Romone got earpaded and conducted negotiations through the padded headphones. earphoned (/ˈɪə(ɹ)fəʊnd/) adj. Drunk beyond the range of ordinary conversation, receiving every remark as a private transmission. Conjetta got earphoned and answered the barman as though taking a confidential call. earpicked adj. Drunk in a way that makes every conversation seem to require careful excavation. Busby got earpicked and retrieved the meaning of a sentence one syllable at a time. earpieced (/ˈɪəpiːsd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every remark is received privately and repeated publicly. Fabeha got earpieced and relayed the barman's greeting to the entire table. earpluged adj. Drunk to a degree that protects the ears from music, advice, and the announcement of closing time. Gurnawab got earpluged and remained cheerful through the pub's final warning. earpricked adj. Slowed by drink to a careful puncture of each instruction, taking the journey home one query at a time. Lethia became earpricked and halted the group with a question at every corner. earprinted adj. A drinker so far gone that everyone at the table leaves an ear-shaped impression in the conversation. Verly got earprinted and pressed his head to the window while the others ordered a taxi. earraped adj. Of a drinker: producing sounds so cacophonous that even the most charitable listener seeks administrative relief. Jordano got earraped and turned a quiet toast into an assault upon melody. earrasaided adj. The drunkenness of one who has arranged the morning's coverings into a belted Highland garment. Paxtin slept earrasaided, tightly wrapped and unavailable for discussion. earreached adj. The state of being drunk and audible to everyone in the neighbouring rooms, whether invited or not. Kianny became earreached and conducted the argument from the cloakroom. earringed (/ˈɪəɹɪŋd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who treats every listener as an ornament and hangs a fresh anecdote from each. Janirah was earringed, attaching another story to every person near the bar. earseted adj. The drunkenness of one who supplies the company with a private soundtrack, audible to nobody else. Evnika was earseted and nodded through dinner to music no one else could hear.