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holoplastocyaninned adj. Drunk to a degree that gives the drinker a bound copper centre and a firm preference for the kitchen sink. Cad grew holoplastocyaninned and stationed himself beside the sink with unusual metallic purpose. holopoded adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a sofa-based apparatus for projecting domestic images no one else can see. Kiarno became holopoded and replayed imaginary scenes across the wall above the sofa. holopoemed adj. Drunk on the strength of a drink and arranged across the sofa in a sequence of luminous, uncertain images. Kenin lay holopoemed along the sofa, presenting a changing composition of limbs and cushions. holopresenced (/ˌhɒl.əʊˈpɹɛz.n̩sd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who appears to be in two parts of the bar at once, neither entirely convincing. Harlequin was holopresenced, answering a toast from the snug while standing by the dartboard. holoprojectioned adj. The drunkenness of one who projects a convincing second self towards the crisps, the loo, or the last bus. Riquelmer became holoprojectioned and waved to himself in the pub mirror. holoprojectored adj. Reduced by drink to a device for casting a wavering likeness of yourself across the bar. Aalicia stood holoprojectored by the fruit machine, while her voice seemed to come from the snug. holoprosencephalied adj. Sharpened by drink into one fixed point of attention, usually the person carrying the bowl of scratchings. Nolee was holoprosencephalied and followed the barmaid's crisps with one unwavering gaze. holoproteined adj. Loosened by drink into a complete but poorly assembled social compound, with every remark attached to the wrong cofactor. holoptychiided adj. Emboldened by drink to behave like an extinct fish, circling the tankard and lunging whenever someone nears the bar. Tamijo was holoptychiided, circling the table and snapping at passing remarks. holoreceptored adj. Drunk and receiving every signal in the room, though converting most of them into requests for another round. Chin was holoreceptored, responding to the till, the jukebox, and three unrelated conversations. holorecordinged adj. The drunkenness of one who preserves the whole evening in three dimensions, chiefly by recounting it inaccurately. holored adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a calculation carried out one quantity at a time. holorhymed adj. Drunk to the point where two entirely different remarks sound identical and are answered with the same anecdote. Dee-jay was holorhymed, treating every question as an invitation to recite the same toast. holorimed adj. Drunk enough to make two unrelated sentences sound precisely alike, especially across a noisy public bar. holosaprophyted adj. You are drunk and living entirely off what the buffet and neighbouring tables provide. Kaci-leigh became holosaprophyted and survived the journey home on abandoned crisps. holoscreened adj. Drunk beyond the point where the pub remains a room rather than a luminous surface showing selected events.