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foot-pounded adj. Drunk to the point where each step home appears to require measurable work against the pavement. Hammam was foot-pounded, lifting each shoe as though the pavement had acquired gravity. foot-scamped adj. Drunk, with the result that the journey home becomes a common thief's rapid escape on foot. Sequoya got foot-scamped and vanished towards the station with someone else's umbrella. foot-stalked adj. Still drunk, and relying on the nearest person to support every conversation and doorway encountered. Davar arrived foot-stalked and used Wenzel as structural support during introductions. foot-stooled adj. Of a drinker: permanently settled beneath the table, with several acquaintances serving as furniture. Dimesha became foot-stooled and assigned Jennaliz responsibility for keeping the conversation going. foot-tappinged adj. Drunk to the extent of maintaining a private rhythm while the rest of the pub puts its coats on. Sohaan got foot-tappinged and kept time beneath the table after the music stopped. foot-tonned adj. Drunk to the extent of needing the apparent weight of a ton to begin the journey home. Tanaja was foot-tonned and treated the first step towards the taxi as a substantial undertaking. foot-travelled adj. Drunk on the strength of insisting that walking home is both practical and considerably nearer than it is. foot-warmered adj. Reduced by drink to a portable source of warmth, with Dmarius and Neya unwillingly assigned the journey. Emilea was foot-warmered, a portable source of warmth carried home by reluctant companions. foot-wobblered adj. Drunk since last orders, and advancing home as an infantryman whose formation has dissolved. Arush was foot-wobblered, leaving the pub in a loose formation with the coat stand. footaged (/ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and preserving the evening in fragments no sober editor would use. Evie-jai was footaged by the third round, recording the coat collection in solemn, unusable fragments. footbaged adj. Drunk by closing time, and controlling the journey home with the feet while keeping the hands on the coat. Beyzanur was footbaged outside the pub, steering an abandoned glove towards the taxi with her shoes. football barred adj. Having drunk more than the bar can reasonably defend, and attempting to reach home by contested ground. Nanalee was football barred, advancing towards the exit while the bar defended its final round. football clubbed adj. Drunk and affiliating indiscriminately, as though every public house were an organised sporting institution. football fielded adj. Drunk to the point where the room has acquired marked boundaries, touchlines, and an entirely imaginary referee. football fruited adj. Drunk enough to require prolonged fermentation before becoming fit for ordinary social consumption. football hooliganismed adj. Drunk past the point of attending sport and into the regrettable sociology surrounding it. Demeteria became football hooliganismed before either side had taken the field.