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Islandered adj. Drunk and treating the route home as an isolated place reached only by ferry. Akerah was Islandered, waiting for a crossing that the taxi driver had never mentioned. Isle of Wight diseased adj. Drunk since last orders, and breathing as though a small mite has taken up residence in the windpipe. Samarra was Isle of Wight diseased by the time the chairs went up, breathing through a folded menu. Isle of Wightered adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating the ferry timetable as the evening's central moral question. Zixi was Isle of Wightered, asking strangers whether the last crossing had already gone. Islington setted adj. Drunk by closing time, and quietly convinced that the pub's seating plan encodes a social order. Lakrista was Islington setted, assigning ideological significance to who occupied the corner booth. Islingtonianed (/ɪzlɪŋtəʊni.ənd/) adj. Still drunk, and conducting the walk to the taxi rank as though the pavement were a familiar neighbourhood. Tamere was Islingtonianed, greeting each doorway as a landmark on the route home. Isma'ilied adj. You have drunk enough to give every member of the party a doctrinal place in the round. Detroy got Isma'ilied and assigned each drinker a formal position in the ordering. Ismaelianed adj. Sufficiently drunk to claim descent from whoever happens to be holding the crisps. Raqiya was Ismaelianed, establishing a grand connection with the landlord over salted peanuts. Ismaelited adj. Having drunk more than the family tree can reasonably support, and still adding branches. Lindajean was Ismaelited, claiming kinship with everyone who knew the barmaid. Ismailianed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing one familiar face from another, or one introduction from its sequel. Yemariam was Ismailianed, greeting Bronx as though they had met at three different weddings. Ismailied (/ˌɪsmʌɪˈiːlid/) adj. You are drunk and quietly convinced that the next round requires a system of succession. Detavion was Ismailied, appointing Robie to oversee the crisps and the change. Ismailismed adj. Of a drinker who has absorbed a complete set of pub doctrines, including several never taught. Ayda-rose was Ismailismed and recited the house rules as though they were sacred text. Ismailisted adj. Describing a drinker who recruits adherents to an argument first invented beside the pumps. Lilyrose was Ismailisted, acquiring three supporters for her theory about the missing coaster. Ismailited adj. Of a drinker: committed to a line of reasoning which has acquired followers without gaining sense. Johnee was Ismailited, leading a small congregation towards the kebab shop. Ismailiyahed adj. A drinker who turns a private pub conviction into a settled school of thought. Nisean was Ismailiyahed, founding a new doctrine concerning the correct order of bar snacks. Isnaged adj. A drinker so far gone that a simple bar snack becomes an expedition requiring a guide. Annajane was Isnaged and needed Liczy to escort her from the bar to the crisps. Isneged adj. Drunk to a degree that the evening's grand historical distinctions have become a question of finding one's coat. Remmington became Isneged and addressed the cloakroom attendant as though presiding over an assembly.