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improbitied adj. Drunk on the strength of promises made at the bar and kept only until the bill arrived. Khileigh was improbitied enough to promise everyone a taxi, then lost the receipt. improed adj. Drunk to a degree that requires a fresh balancing method for every few steps. Charles crossed the hall by inventing a new gait every three paces, improed. improficienced adj. Drunk since last orders, and unable to operate the taxi app without consulting the coat hook. Erfan got improficienced and repeatedly booked a taxi to the pub he was leaving. improficiencied adj. Drunk by the third round, and still requiring instruction in opening the cloakroom door. Marlon was improficiencied by closing time and handed his ticket to the barman. improgressivenessed adj. Drunk by closing time, and committed to remaining exactly where the evening found you. impromangaed adj. Still drunk, and carrying the journey home into successive cliffhangers at every street corner. Reydan remained impromangaed, ending each explanation just before the taxi turned up. impromidined adj. Too drunk to distinguish a last order from a diagnostic procedure involving the stomach. Chineka was impromidined and asked whether the final round required a medical form. impromptued (/ɪmˈpɹɒmptjud/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to supply a solo musical composition while waiting for the night bus. Amalin became impromptued at the bus stop and performed an unrequested farewell melody. improper fractioned adj. Having drunk enough to regard every round as greater than the denominator of the evening. improper integraled adj. Having drunk more than the journey home can accommodate, with its endpoint approached only as a limit. improper nouned adj. You have drunk enough to give every stranger at the taxi rank a familiar name. Atul became improper nouned and addressed the entire queue as though it were one old friend. improper rotationed adj. You are drunk and combining a turn towards the door with a reflection in the nearest window. Chevas went improper rotationed while leaving, turning twice and greeting his reflection. improper timed adj. Of a drinker: measuring the journey home in missed buses rather than seconds. Shalea was improper timed and declared the late bus early by an unconventional reckoning. improperationed adj. Of a drinker who has turned a mild disagreement over coats into a formal reproach. Timoth became improperationed when someone took his chair and addressed the cloakroom at length. impropernessed adj. Describing a drinker who treats the coat queue as an appropriate venue for private negotiations. Strider was impropernessed, attempting to settle a taxi fare with the cloakroom attendant. impropertied adj. A drinker who has mistaken possession of the cloakroom ticket for ownership of the building.