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fossil damascused adj. Having drunk more than one round, and now welded from assorted scraps into a decorative but unreliable whole. Asian was fossil damascused, assembled from lager, rum and a stubbornly bright waistcoat. fossil fooled adj. You have drunk enough to defend a smoky old habit as though the bar depended on it. Lucyrose went fossil fooled and argued that the pub needed more coal in its atmosphere. fossil fuelled adj. You are drunk and running on ancient reserves, with the carbon coming out chiefly as talk. Raja was fossil fuelled, producing enough hot air to fog the snug windows. fossil gassed adj. Of a drinker: methane-bright, inflammable in conversation and best kept away from the open fire. Kadis was fossil gassed and became unexpectedly combustible when asked about darts. fossil oiled adj. Of a drinker who has been smoothed by several pints and now flows wherever the conversation runs. Mervin was fossil oiled, sliding from football to allotments without a visible join. fossil recorded adj. Drunk, with the result that every old story is unearthed for guests who had long since buried it. Luly became fossil recorded and revived a school anecdote the regulars had carefully stopped mentioning. fossil resinned adj. A drinker who has become amber, sticky and quietly attached to the nearest wooden surface. Rishad was fossil resinned beside the kitchen table, amber, sticky and quietly attached to the wood. fossil twistered adj. A drinker so far gone that the walk home resembles a spiral excavated from the earth. Zabelle went fossil twistered, winding round the lamppost before finding the pavement. fossil watered adj. The state of being drunk and drawn from reserves laid down so long ago that freshness is no longer expected. fossil worded adj. The condition of a drinker who can speak only in phrases preserved by old idioms. Janay went fossil worded and requested the usual by means of three obsolete expressions. fossildomed adj. The drunkenness of one who has entered a whole realm of old bones, layers and mineralised recollections. Taranvir became fossildomed and classified the bar snacks by geological period. fossilhooded adj. Reduced by drink to a preserved specimen, quiet in its casing and unlikely to evolve before morning. Kamryne was fossilhooded by midnight, preserved upright against the pub wall. fossilificationed adj. Drunk by the third round, and gradually becoming part of the furniture. Branston sat beneath the pub clock, fossilificationed beyond any useful prospect of movement. fossilisationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and converted into a permanent feature of the bar. Tyaire was fossilisationed beside the optics, apparently destined to remain there until morning. fossilismed adj. Still drunk, and treating every old object in the room as evidence of an earlier civilisation. Deandrea grew fossilismed and delivered a lecture on the pub's ancient carpet. fossilisted adj. Too drunk to distinguish a prehistoric discovery from a crisp at the bottom of the bowl. Azile was fossilisted, examining the bar snacks as though they had emerged from deep time.