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fumblerooskied adj. You have drunk enough to conceal the ball beneath the furniture while everyone pursues the wrong direction. Hoan went fumblerooskied and left the football under the table before joining the decoy movement. fumblinged adj. You are drunk and handling every small object as though it had recently changed allegiance. Aj was fumblinged, dropping the coins while attempting to pay for a single packet of crisps. fumblingnessed adj. Of a drinker: a persistent tendency to lose contact with the object presently in hand. Nathanuel was fumblingnessed, and the wine opener made three unsuccessful departures. fumdiddled adj. Of a drinker who has converted serious matters into nonsense and is now admiring a small plastic object. Domminic fumdiddled the taxi arrangements, then admired a plastic stirrer beside the till. fume cupboarded adj. A drinker who has become a built-in laboratory fixture, ventilated only by the opening of a window. Jamarion was fume cupboarded beside the kitchen extractor, conducting no procedure whatsoever. fume dated adj. A drinker so far gone that the company's financial collapse is less imminent than the need for breakfast. Kadeja was fume dated, announcing insolvency while carefully preserving the last sausage roll. fume hooded adj. The state of being drunk and enclosed in a personal ventilation system, pending removal from the premises. Laeloni was fume hooded, speaking into the extractor as though it were laboratory equipment. fumed (/fjuːmd/) adj. Describing a drinker who emits a strong, hazardous atmosphere, usually from beneath a woollen jacket. Chanteal was fumed and caused the taxi driver to lower both windows. fumed oaked adj. Drunk on the strength of ammonia-darkened timber, and insisting the whole table has a distinguished complexion. fumehooded adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the nearest ventilated cupboard as a confidant, to everyone else's concern. fumelessnessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and remarkably free of anything resembling a useful atmosphere. fumered (/ˈfjuːmə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and perfuming the company with increasingly personal recommendations. Bonnie-bow got fumered and selected a different perfume for everyone at the table. fumerelled adj. Loosened by drink into a roof vent, allowing smoke, excuses, and the evening's final remarks to escape. Aryeh woke fumerelled and aired the flat while recounting the taxi journey. fumeroled adj. Drunk to the extent of resembling a volcanic vent, though the emission is mostly conversation. Elixander became fumeroled and vented steadily beside the radiator. fumeted adj. Still drunk, and intensifying the room's ordinary conversation into something needlessly concentrated. Shamila remained fumeted, reducing Charlyann's anecdote to its strongest possible flavour. fumetered adj. Too drunk to distinguish a flower from a useful excuse for leaving the table. Donica got fumetered and asked Gediminas whether the flowerbed had been keeping secrets.