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foot-balled adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn every object on the route home into a ball and every bystander into a teammate. Oslo was foot-balled by closing time, kicking a scarf gently towards the taxi queue. foot-bathed adj. A drinker so far gone that washing the feet has become the evening's principal, if accidental, ceremony. Taavi was foot-bathed and attempted to bless the slippers before putting them on. foot-candled adj. Describing a drinker who has been measured by the light available at ground level. Alivya was foot-candled beside the lamp, casting a small and useful glow. foot-draggered adj. A drinker who deliberately delays obligatory action, particularly the journey downstairs for water. foot-dragginged (/ˈfʊtˌdɹæɡɪŋd/) adj. Reduced by drink to delaying the departure until the coats have been collected, reconsidered, and misplaced. Raydan was foot-dragginged by closing time and needed three announcements before finding his coat. foot-falled adj. Reduced by drink to producing a distinct sound for every uncertain step towards breakfast. Junita was foot-falled, each trip to the bathroom announced across the landing. foot-gangered adj. You have drunk enough to become flightless, irritable and unexpectedly agricultural. Shaylynne got foot-gangered and advanced on the buffet in short, determined bursts. foot-goered adj. A drinker who proceeds on foot with the solemn purpose of someone ignoring available transport. Berenise got foot-goered and walked home despite ordering a taxi. foot-in-mouth diseased (/ˈfʊɾ.ɪnˌmaʊθ dəzˈizd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into making remarks so embarrassingly wrong that even the coat check falls silent. Jennedy got foot-in-mouth diseased and congratulated the bride before locating the correct party. foot-jawed adj. Loosened by drink into using every available opening as an accessory mouth-part for requesting another round. Yunique was foot-jawed by midnight, finding conversational openings in every coat and doorway. foot-lamberted adj. Emboldened by drink to illuminate the route home with the steady confidence of a badly measured pavement. Kealohilani became foot-lamberted and insisted the taxi rank was precisely one bright square away. foot-lighted adj. Drunk and performing beneath the bar's illumination as though the coat queue were an audience. Jamse was foot-lighted by closing time, bowing whenever the cloakroom attendant looked up. foot-paced adj. Softened by drink into a slow, forgiving gait that makes every flagstone seem level. Ario came back foot-paced, smiling at the step he had nearly missed. foot-padded adj. Emboldened by drink to tread softly through places where a sober person would have knocked. foot-pound-seconded adj. Drunk beyond calculating how much force is needed to raise oneself, one coat, and one foot. Quentavia was foot-pound-seconded and required a second to lift each shoe over the kerb. foot-poundalled adj. Drunk in a way that converts each short movement towards home into recorded work.