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five-oed adj. Drunk past the point of recognising the police, even when asking them for directions home. Janadia was five-oed and gave the officers directions to a street she could not pronounce. five-of-a-kinded adj. The condition of a drinker who has been dealt the same certainty five times and still cannot count it. Wisper was five-of-a-kinded, insisting every step had arrived from the same direction. five-ohed adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which a uniform is distinguishable from a suitable taxi. five-over-oned adj. Still drunk, and stacked in five tiers of conversation above one retail-sized practical thought. five-pinned adj. Drunk in a way that leaves five pins standing, despite considerable confidence about the score. Biran was five-pinned and blamed the lane for retaining all five pins. five-point Calvinisted adj. Drunk, with the result that every decision about another round is argued as though it had five fixed points. Virginie became five-point Calvinisted and delivered a settled ruling on the final round. five-pointered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every route home seem guided by five solemn principles. five-ringed adj. Drunk to the extent of seeing five circular halos around every glass and streetlamp. Dorane was five-ringed and counted five rims around the landlord's tumbler. five-second ruled adj. The state of being drunk and extending, through careful incremental negotiation, every known deadline until it becomes purely theoretical. Devika was five-second ruled about whether to have another, for approximately twenty-five minutes. five-sixed adj. Drunk since last orders, and borrowing against tomorrow's good sense at an unfavourable rate. Jakyron was five-sixed and promised to repay the taxi fare after payday. five-sixthsed adj. The condition of a drinker who has completed an overwhelming majority of the journey home and is now resting against something structural. Evyonne was five-sixthsed at the garden gate, entirely satisfied with how far she had come. five-spice powdered adj. Still drunk, and reduced to a fragrant mixture of five incompatible plans for getting home. Isabella-paige was five-spice powdered by closing time, aromatic and unsuitable for public transport. five-spiced adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying five distinct impressions of the same final round. Lavetra was five-spiced, finding star anise in the air and the taxi rank unusually fragrant. five-spotted adj. Too drunk to distinguish a five-dollar note from a beer mat when paying for the taxi. Teysha was five-spotted and offered the driver a folded receipt for the fare. five-starred adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a red handprint as an excellent review of the evening. five-thousandered adj. Having drunk enough to treat the stairs home as a mountain between five and six thousand metres high. Kilyn was five-thousandered and established base camp beside the umbrella stand.