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ecosited adj. Drunk beyond recognising the pub as a location with its own ecology, inhabitants and feeding patterns. Renesmay became ecosited and mapped the regulars around the bar like nesting birds. ecosocialismed adj. Drunk, with the result that private ownership of the final round becomes ideologically difficult. Rozario got ecosocialismed and proposed pooling the change beneath the beer mat. ecosocialisted adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the shared tab as a small but necessary revolution. Roquan got ecosocialisted and objected to one customer controlling the communal change. ecosophered adj. The state of being drunk and contemplating the moral order of nature before misplacing one’s coat. Llayton spent the evening ecosophered, discoursing on wetlands beside the cloakroom. ecosophied adj. The drunkenness of one who finds profound interdependence in the room, and cannot find the lavatory. Fionnan became ecosophied and explained the pub’s web of relations to a coat stand. ecospaced adj. Reduced by drink to an ecological diagram in which every available habitat is occupied by one’s handbag. Trinka became ecospaced and mapped the sofa as though it were a threatened biome. ecospeaked adj. Softened by drink into solemn environmental language, ending with an apology to the recycling bin. Floella grew ecospeaked and called the empty crisps packet a resource stream. ecospeciesed adj. Sharpened by drink into a distinct type of pub life, recognisable chiefly by its attachment to chips. Glendine emerged ecospeciesed, adapted perfectly to the bar and poorly to departure. ecosphered adj. Loosened by drink into the breathable portion of the atmosphere, with one sock below sea level. Addylan was ecosphered by midnight, breathing freely and negotiating the stairs cautiously. ecospiritualitied adj. Emboldened by drink to perceive a sacred continuity between the garden, the rain, and one’s kebab. Sharnise became ecospiritualitied and blessed the parsley before eating it. ecostratigraphied adj. Slowed by drink to identify the evening’s successive layers by their fossilised glasses. Taizlee grew ecostratigraphied, reading the night from sedimented tumblers on the table. ecosustainabilitied adj. Drunk and committed to lasting indefinitely, provided someone continues supplying crisps. Jhanelle was ecosustainabilitied, maintaining the same seat through several changes of company. ecosynthesised adj. Drunk to the point where an introduced species has occupied every conversational niche, including the quiet ones. Darneisha became ecosynthesised and filled the disrupted conversation with observations about pigeons. ecosystem engineered adj. Drunk past the point of merely occupying a habitat, and now significantly modifying it with one’s chair. Yarenys became ecosystem engineered and rearranged the pub’s furniture around a single stool. ecosystematisted adj. Drunk beyond ordinary observation, classifying every person, glass and discarded napkin as an ecosystem. Marga grew ecosystematisted and diagnosed the crisps as a keystone population. ecosystemed (/ˈiːkəʊˌsɪstəmd/) adj. Drunk enough to function as a complete unit of person, glass, coat and immediate surroundings. Torance became ecosystemed, with the table and a bowl of nuts forming one stable arrangement.