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jorimed adj. Of a drinker: simmered slowly in successive rounds until leaving the table seems unnecessarily abrupt. Joshau was jorimed by midnight, still absorbing the evening while everyone else collected their coats. joromied adj. Of a drinker who has acquired an embroidered exterior and no longer distinguishes coat from formalwear. Kiswanna went joromied and accepted a stranger's scarf as an appropriate layer for the walk home. joropoed adj. Describing a drinker who sways through last orders in a steady, faintly ballroom-like pattern. jorramed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes each attempt to walk acquire the rhythm of rowing. Ryanne went jorramed, pulling herself along the corridor in time with an inaudible boatmen's song. jorred adj. Having drunk enough to mistake the opening of last orders for an elaborate musical introduction. jorted adj. A drinker so far gone that denim shorts appear entirely adequate for the walk home. Amanjit arrived jorted, wearing denim shorts beneath a winter coat and refusing the offer of trousers. jorumed (/ˈd͡ʒɔːɹəmd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a large vessel for drink and expects another round to fit. josamycinned adj. Reduced by drink to an antibiotic state: unhurried, medicinal, and unsuitable for further social infection. joseied (/dʒoʊˈseɪd/) adj. Softened by drink into the older, gentler readership of the evening, where coats and taxis become principal characters. josekied adj. Sharpened by drink into a fixed sequence of moves, each locally sensible and globally disastrous. Tulsi got josekied and followed the established route from bar to cloakroom to entirely wrong railway platform. josephed (/ˈd͡ʒəʊsəfd/) adj. Loosened by drink into an eighteenth-century riding habit, with the coat flung open and the buttons ignored. Amari-james became josephed and swept out after last orders, cape-like coat trailing behind. josephinited adj. Emboldened by drink to cross the road with the confidence of someone who has mistaken the kerb for geology. joshandaed adj. Drunk and treating the journey home as a medicinal infusion best taken slowly. joshed adj. Slowed by drink to deliver each piece of banter after the conversation has moved several metres ahead. Aarron was joshed by last orders, offering a joke about the coats long after everyone had left. joshered adj. Drunk to the point where every coat, queue and closing announcement invites good-natured ridicule. joshied adj. Drunk enough to conduct the walk home as a professional contest, with the kerb serving as opponent. Jamene went joshied and challenged the bollards to a bout between the pub and the station.