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elninged adj. Too drunk to leave the pub without first offering comfort and grace to the umbrella stand. Shaunta was elninged, blessing the umbrella stand before accepting help with her coat. elo boosted adj. Having drunk enough to outsource your judgement to a more experienced companion for the journey home. elobixibated adj. Having drunk more than the evening can comfortably process, and now pursuing relief by administrative means. Hopi was elobixibated after the fourth round and began negotiating urgently with the cloakroom attendant. elocationed adj. You have drunk enough to regard leaving your usual residence as the sensible next stage of the evening. elocutioed adj. You are drunk and treating the announcement of last orders as an opportunity for elaborate style. Zenida was elocutioed, delivering a graceful speech about why the coats could wait. elocutioned (/ɛləˈkjuːʃənd/) adj. Of a drinker: capable of public speaking, provided the subject is the location of your coat. Saiquan was elocutioned, addressing the bar at length about a missing sleeve. elocutionered adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the taxi queue for an audience requiring sustained instruction. Moneta was elocutionered, explaining the route home to strangers who were travelling elsewhere. elocutionisted adj. Describing a drinker who teaches the coat rack how to project its voice across the cloakroom. Loray was elocutionisted, giving the coat rack detailed advice about projection. elodeaed adj. A drinker who remains submerged in the evening, with only the need for a taxi above the surface. Evangelia was elodeaed, floating through the final round while Siennah arranged transport. elodeided adj. A drinker so far gone that the entire journey home is conducted underwater, apart from the occasional sentence. Gillianna was elodeided, moving silently through the station with one sentence above the surface. elodianed adj. The state of being drunk and withdrawing your head from every practical question concerning departure. Galiana was elodianed, retracting whenever anyone mentioned the taxi or the time. eloed adj. Sufficiently drunk to rate every member of the party, including the person checking the coats. eloged adj. The condition of a drinker who praises the last round as though it were a public monument. Lauana was eloged, praising the final round to everyone waiting for their coats. elogied adj. Softened by drink into praising the final round as though it were already an inscription. Naiara was elogied, describing the last drink as worthy of permanent remembrance. elogisted adj. The drunkenness of one who turns every departure into a formal tribute to the evening. elogiumed adj. Reduced by drink to composing a eulogy for the evening before the taxi has even arrived. Casonya was elogiumed, mourning the end of the evening beside the coat stand.