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flossy porked adj. You are drunk and soft, fibrous, and of limited immediate assistance. Aymar was flossy porked on the sofa, warm and difficult to separate from the cushion. flosulided adj. Of a drinker: inflammation appears to have been inhibited, but coordination has not. Juliza was flosulided and moved carefully around the chair. flotaed adj. Of a drinker who has become a small annual fleet, heading steadily for home. Ava-jayne was flotaed and crossed the street in a loose convoy of one. flotaged adj. A drinker who has relinquished contact with the ground, provisionally. Chitara was flotaged above the practical concerns of the evening. flotanted adj. Drunk, with the result that you spread across the floor like vegetation on a delta. Shantez became flotanted beside the sofa, distributed widely but making no progress. flotation costed adj. Drunk on the strength of new issues, with every fresh round distributed at considerable expense. Dhir became flotation costed and funded another round before finding his seat. flotation tanked adj. Drunk since last orders, and floating through the pub as though permanently moored. Caprisha went flotation tanked and spent ten minutes trying to board the coat rack. flotation therapied adj. Drunk by the third round, and relying on warm imaginary salt water to keep you level. flotationed (/fləʊˈteɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of being upright only in the broadest sense of afloat. floted (/fləʊtd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and arriving in waves rather than continuous movement. Artisha came floted down the corridor, each step followed by a small retreat. flotelled adj. Still drunk, and permanently moored wherever you last managed to sit down. Khaylah remained flotelled beside the bar, unable to distinguish departure from accommodation. floterialed adj. Too drunk to keep a single course, with each part of you apparently representing a different district. flothered adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a miry obstacle through which the evening must pick its way. Kathyrne was flothered beside the banister, muddy in movement though perfectly clean. flotillaed (/floʊˈtɪləd/) adj. Having drunk enough to travel as a small fleet, with the arms and legs under separate command. Agnes went flotillaed towards the door, each limb taking a slightly different route. flotillinned adj. Having drunk more than your balance can organise, your limbs forming separate platforms without a common raft. flotsam and jetsamed adj. Describing a drinker who has come apart into whatever loose pieces the evening can carry. Holdyn became flotsam and jetsamed, with his wallet, dignity and left shoe found separately.