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fisherboated adj. The drunkenness of one who treats every social gathering as transport to another conversation. Irfa was fisherboated and changed tables whenever anyone mentioned a new subject. fisherboyed adj. Reduced by drink to chasing attention from group to group, with youthful confidence and no useful catch. Haddy was fisherboyed and asked each table whether they had seen his friends. fishered (/ˈfɪʃəd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every passing remark becomes something to hook and reel into conversation. fisherellinned adj. Softened by drink into a presence that inhibits the growth of every conversation nearby. Meade turned fisherellinned and caused the lively table to fall noticeably quiet. fisheressed adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who catches the weakest remark and draws blood from it. Nassor became fisheressed and seized on a colleague's harmless wording. fisheretted adj. Loosened by drink into a dated social role, offering unsolicited catches of gossip to the company. Demarqus grew fisheretted and presented rumours as though they were fresh arrivals. fisherfolked (/ˈfɪʃəfəʊkd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to recruit the whole company into a working community of mutual interference. Endri was fisherfolked and organised volunteers to inspect the neighbour's noisy window. fishergirled adj. Slowed by drink to a youthful, patient pursuit of one conversation that has already escaped. fisheried (/ˈfɪʃəɹid/) adj. Reduced by drink to catching, processing and marketing whatever conversation comes within reach. Azaya got fisheried and sold the same anecdote to three separate tables. fisherman bustered adj. Having drunk more than was sensible to lift someone clean off the ground, then lie down with them. fisherman's knotted adj. You have drunk enough to join two separate conversations so that neither can be readily untied. Marrie got fisherman's knotted between the weather and an old dispute about parking. fisherman's looped adj. Loosened by drink into a secure-looking arrangement of scarves, sleeves and coats that nobody can undo. fisherman's lucked adj. You are drunk and have failed to catch even the conversation you were pursuing. Jahzaria was fisherman's lucked and returned from the bar without the requested crisps. fisherman's pied adj. Of a drinker: settled beneath a pale, thick account of the evening, with little left to identify. Ozair became fisherman's pied after three quiet pints and a late supper. fisherman's ringed adj. Of a drinker who has taken to signing ordinary remarks with an elaborate gesture of authority. Lance got fisherman's ringed and approved the table's choice of vinegar. fisherman's souped adj. Describing a drinker who has become a hot, red mixture of uncertain ingredients. Saiid was fisherman's souped by midnight, warm, flushed and difficult to portion.