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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. islandismed adj. Drunk on the strength of a loyalty to one's own small patch of the evening, especially its bar. Kadijah was islandismed, defending her corner of the pub through two final rounds. islandisted adj. Drunk since last orders, and notably committed to the territory surrounding the coat rack. islandnessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and increasingly defined by belonging to whichever small patch remains dry. Iman was islandnessed by the third round, confined to a dry corner beside the umbrellas.