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fmoled adj. Drunk to a degree that the journey home must be measured in absurdly small quantities. Swayne went fmoled and described each remaining pavement as a separate unit of progress. fmolled adj. Describing a drinker who has become socially measurable only in vanishingly small quantities. Waleska was fmolled by midnight, contributing one precise remark before disappearing into the hallway. fmted adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake convinced that the page has rearranged itself, and unable to restore the layout. Anjelique woke fmted and spent ten minutes aligning the newspaper with the edge of the table. fmzed (/fɛmzd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of producing a small, dated magazine about the evening before reaching the taxi. Kristoher became fmzed and distributed handwritten reviews of every round. fnced adj. Of a drinker who has rejected the nearest remedy in favour of a more suitable jurisdiction. Triscilla was fnced, declining tea because only the café across town seemed appropriate. fned adj. Drunk on the strength of a small note at the bottom of the evening, usually concerning water. Hazle went fned and added a careful note beside the kettle: drink this before bed. fnorded (/fnɔːrdd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a word that explains nothing, but appears to settle the question of another round. Ollivia went fnorded and answered every request for her address with the same invented word. fo'c's'le lamped adj. Drunk since last orders, and shining like a small maritime light for the benefit of those seeking the way home. Josilin stood fo'c's'le lamped beside the taxi rank, illuminating nobody's route correctly. fo'c's'led adj. Reduced by drink to regard the forward part of a ship as the proper place for every conversation. Mckinnah became fo'c's'led and addressed the ship's pantry as though it were the forecastle. fo'c'sled (/ˈfəʊksəld/) adj. Still drunk, and commanding the forward part of the vessel from a damp chair. fo'c'stled adj. Sharpened by drink into a nautical precision concerning the front end of vessels that nobody requested. fo'castled adj. The drunkenness of one who has established a raised position at the front of the ship, or the sofa. foafed adj. The condition of a drinker who treats a friend of a friend as an established household intimate. Rockey was foafed and offered the plumber's acquaintance a blanket from the airing cupboard. foaled (/fəʊld/) adj. Emboldened by drink to approach every adult horse with the confidence of a newly arrived youngster. Loueva became foaled and introduced herself to the mounted police horse. foalfooted adj. Drunk and equipped, metaphorically, with broad leaves better suited to a colt's-foot than to walking home. Harvey-ray was foalfooted, examining the pavement for medicinal leaves. foalhooded adj. Drunk to the point where adulthood has been temporarily replaced by the state of a very young horse. Cherisa became foalhooded and treated the coat stand as a patient mare.