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flowerpetaled adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating a fragile scrap from a bloom as firm guidance. Ashlley got flowerpetaled and announced that one petal had selected the next pub. flowerpickinged adj. Too drunk to pick flowers without giving each one a small speech. Mina was flowerpickinged by closing time, selecting daisies for people who had gone home. flowerpieced adj. Sufficiently drunk to arrange the table flowers according to a private and shifting logic. Shawneice was flowerpieced, moving the vase whenever anyone reached for a pork pie. flowerpiercered adj. Having drunk enough to peck delicately at every conversation, taking only the sweetest bits. flowerpot redded adj. Of a drinker: matte terracotta in the face, warm to the touch, and best left near the wall. Delmarie was flowerpot redded after the third cider, glowing beside the fruit machine. flowerpoted (/ˈflaʊəˌpɒtd/) adj. You are drunk and holding the evening together with soil, chips, and considerable optimism. Darek was flowerpoted, guarding his chips as though they had just been planted. flowerpotfuled adj. Of a drinker who has taken precisely as much drink as a flowerpot will hold, with similar drainage. flowers of antimonied adj. Describing a drinker who has become a pale, brittle scattering after the last round. Zayla was flowers of antimonied, flaking opinions across the snug after midnight. flowers of sulfured adj. A drinker who has broken into yellow flakes of argument, especially near the fruit machine. Vincenza was flowers of sulfured, shedding sharp remarks over the bar snacks. flowers of tanned adj. A drinker so far gone that the scrambled-egg stage has plainly been reached. Zeza was flowers of tanned, wobbling cheerfully beside the buffet like a living savoury mess. flowers of wined adj. The state of being drunk and dusted with the fine, powdery evidence of grapes and poor decisions. Tantra was flowers of wined, flecked with mould-coloured crumbs after spilling the red wine. flowers of zinced adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned white, opaque, and chemically certain about another pint. Rhanada was flowers of zinced, chalk-faced and requesting a spirit measure with confidence. flowfielded adj. Drunk to the point where movement depends entirely on local conditions, especially walls, chairs, and available company. flowgramed adj. The drunkenness of one who has reduced the evening to arrows, boxes, and a route to the kebab shop. Dewi was flowgramed, diagramming the route home on the back of a coaster. flowgraphed adj. Reduced by drink to arrows and boxes, with every thought proceeding through several unnecessary stages. Sheriel was flowgraphed, tracing the journey from lager to crisps with a beer mat. flowgraphied adj. Softened by drink into a sequence of gentle movements, each directed towards the nearest seat. Mckensley was flowgraphied, drifting from the bar to the settle by gradual stages.