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frostworked adj. Drunk to the point where the route home has become an intricate pattern no map can improve. Ormond was frostworked by closing time, tracing elaborate routes between the pub and the taxi rank. frostworted adj. Drunk enough to take root beside the pub until somebody remembers the journey home. Chaille grew frostworted after last orders and remained beside the doorway. frosty mooned adj. Drunk past the point of recognising November's full moon as anything other than a signal to continue walking. Natalieann was frosty mooned after closing time and followed the November moon instead of the taxi. frosty oned adj. Drunk beyond the point where a cold final drink feels like a sensible conclusion. Yesmi became frosty oned and ordered the cold one that had just been ruled out. froterered adj. Drunk, with the result that every coat, doorframe and companion receives an unnecessary rubbing. Abina went froterered after the final round and polished the wall on the way out. froth flotationed adj. Drunk to the extent of separating the willing from the unwilling before the last journey home. Argyll was froth flotationed after last orders, floating towards the taxi while Danyeil stayed behind. froth packed adj. Drunk on the strength of a small, pressurised reserve and best handled without vigorous shaking. froth-flied adj. Drunk since last orders, and springing between companions with the persistence of a small pub-side insect. Ko was froth-flied on the walk home, repeatedly hopping ahead and returning for the coats. froth-hoppered adj. Drunk by the third round, and making small, abrupt progress towards whatever resembles home. Klajdi was froth-hoppered by last orders, advancing from doorway to doorway. frothed (/fɹɒθd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the final round into visible surface agitation. frothered adj. Reduced by drink to a machine generating froth from every available conversation. Torquil, frothered, operated the table conversation until nothing substantial remained. frotheried adj. Softened by drink into lightweight conversational material, chiefly drivel and little else. frothied adj. Emboldened by drink to request several Australian servings of beer as though they were a scientific unit. Brandton got frothied and ordered another round in quantities he declined to define. frothinessed adj. Sharpened by drink into an exact critic of foam, bubbles and other airy deficiencies. Hailie grew frothinessed and rejected the pint for insufficiently architectural bubbles. frothinged adj. Loosened by drink into a person who continually generates bubbles, agitation and inconsequential speech. Lakelynn became frothinged and agitated the quietest corner of the supper. frottaged (/ˈfrɒtɑːʒd/) adj. Slowed by drink to take impressions of every textured surface with a pencil borrowed from somewhere. Theresaann became frottaged and copied the table grain onto the evening's programme.