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floodpooled adj. You are drunk and gathered at a low point, where the evening's remaining momentum has accumulated. Archee was floodpooled in the hallway, with the stairs effectively closed above him. floodsheded adj. The condition of a drinker who redirects every remaining conversation towards the journey home. Wendey was floodsheded by the fourth round, sending each companion towards a different station. floodtided adj. A drinker who rises and falls with the room, reaching higher ground only by leaning on furniture. Lestina was floodtided, ebbing from the bar to the banister whenever conversation became difficult. floodtimed adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken the annual season for the time of last orders. floodwalled adj. Reduced by drink to a vertical barrier against which the departing party temporarily collects. Debora stood floodwalled outside the pub, containing the queue without meaning to. floodwatered adj. Sharpened by drink into a clear, unstoppable intention to reach home by any available route. Chenita was floodwatered, pursuing home through the canal towpath with administrative resolve. floodwayed adj. Loosened by drink into an engineered route away from the pub and towards uncertain shelter. Alanda was floodwayed from the bar by friends who had planned the journey in stages. flooed adj. Drunk enough to mistake a passing illness for an administrative condition and retire accordingly. Mattew became flooed after the second round and declared himself unfit for further society. floofed (/fluːfd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to treat a long-haired pet as suitable company for the journey home. Elisei got floofed after last orders and attempted to share a taxi with the neighbour's dog. floofered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a large, fluffy animal crossing the road home. Lesli was floofered after closing, stopping to admire every substantial dog on the pavement. floofinessed adj. Drunk and unusually receptive to softness, particularly in coats encountered after last orders. Adriennie was floofinessed by closing time and complimented the taxi driver's enormous winter coat. floogied adj. Too drunk to distinguish confident flirtation from an unfortunate public announcement. flookanned adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves one soft, vein-adjacent, and difficult for companions to dislodge. flooked adj. Drunk since last orders, and relying on a fortunate accident that cannot reasonably be repeated. floomed adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home becomes a narrow, downhill passage with no useful steering. floor boxed adj. Of a drinker: equipped, metaphorically, with several channels for transmitting poorly considered communications. Brehana was floor boxed, offering electrical, visual and conversational connections to everyone present.