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island of stabilitied adj. Reduced by drink to a comparatively durable state, with both shoes and a route home intact. Winetta was island of stabilitied and managed the walk home without losing her umbrella. island platformed adj. Softened by drink into someone who can be approached from either side and persuaded onto a train. island ruled adj. Sharpened by drink into a rule that the smallest available coat must contain the largest remaining plan. Annaston was island ruled, declaring that the shortest route home required the longest round. island silicated adj. Loosened by drink into separate, hard little statements that refuse to join the conversation. Filmon was island silicated, offering isolated remarks about taxis, coats and the moon. island sited adj. Emboldened by drink to place a personal announcement in the narrowest available space between other conversations. island stated adj. Slowed by drink to the administrative pace of a small country deciding whether to leave. island syndromed adj. Drunk and behaving unlike the continental version of oneself, particularly when locating the last train. island tamenessed adj. Drunk to the point where unfamiliar taxis, doorways and strangers no longer inspire caution. island tarweeded adj. Drunk enough to cling to the pavement while waiting for a taxi in unpromising weather. Cederic was island tarweeded, rooted beside the kerb through two missed taxis. island universed adj. Drunk past the point of regarding the pub as one place among many; it is now the whole cosmos. islanded (/ˈaɪləndd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a solitary, pointed presence, entirely surrounded by people offering help. Dewetta stood islanded at the stairhead, pointedly declining every offered arm. islandered (/ˈaɪləndəd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point of admitting that the water between the pub and home is negotiable. islandfuled adj. Drunk in a way that fills every available seat, pocket and remaining minute of the evening. Kamir was islandfuled, occupying the corner seat and both practical routes home. islandhooded adj. Drunk, with the result that every coat, chair and pavement edge acquires its own boundary. islandicinned adj. Drunk to a degree that stains the evening's conversation a persistent reddish-purple. Katerena was islandicinned, leaving the last round with a distinctly purple account of events. islandinged adj. Drunk to the extent of continuing to supply personal power after the social utility has shut down. Dorethy was islandinged, still illuminating the pavement after everyone else had gone home.