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fishbolted adj. Drunk by the third round, and fastening every disagreement firmly to the next one. fishbone diagramed (/ˈfɪʃbəʊn ˈdaɪəɡɹæmd/) adj. Still drunk, and arranging the evening's failures into branches while everyone else wanted a taxi. Lesieli became fishbone diagramed and assigned causes to the delayed takeaway. fishboned adj. Drunk by closing time, and leaving the conversation with several sharp points nobody could remove. Ojany became fishboned and distributed observations that lodged in the group for days. fishboninged adj. Too drunk to stop tracing every social disaster back through its contributing causes. Savleen was fishboninged and questioned each guest about the missing bottle. fishbowled adj. Sharpened by drink into a transparent little habitat, where every visitor is visible and every escape route curved. Rebakah was fishbowled after breakfast, staring through the room with bright, circular concentration. fishburgered adj. Sufficiently drunk to insist that an ordinary burger has been improved by replacing its centre with fish. Janic was fishburgered and defended the menu substitution to everyone at the counter. fishcaked adj. You have drunk enough to be compressed into a small, seasoned presence the table keeps passing between guests. De'andre got fishcaked and was moved beside the quieter relatives. fishcamed adj. You are drunk and broadcasting everyone else's behaviour to an audience that did not request coverage. Timmeshia went fishcamed and narrated the queue from beside the crisps. fishcamped adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a coastal breakfast service, with fried seafood still the day's organising principle. Holliann was fishcamped by noon, moving carefully towards the nearest source of batter. fishcatchered adj. Of a drinker: someone who pursues stray remarks across the room and brings them back to the table. Doryan became fishcatchered and retrieved an abandoned anecdote from the bar. fishcultured adj. Of a drinker who has cultivated the entire room into a noisy, poorly managed population. fishculturisted adj. Describing a drinker who manages the room's various personalities as though breeding them for conversation. fishdomed adj. A drinker who has entered a private aquatic world and expects the surrounding company to adapt. Kendrianna was fishdomed, speaking to the room as though everyone lived underwater. fished (/fɪʃd/) adj. You have drunk enough to require water, fins notwithstanding, and to move through the kitchen by propulsion. fisher catted adj. The state of being drunk and prowling the room with the quiet persistence of a nocturnal nuisance. fisher-boated adj. The condition of a drinker who carries an entire party's conversation wherever they go. Harita became fisher-boated and brought the lounge's argument into the kitchen.