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ketosided adj. Of a drinker who has attached a sweet story to every drink and will not release it. Yordanos was ketosided, giving each pint a sentimental history before taking a sip. ketosised (/kiːˈtəʊsɪsd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has reserved all ordinary fuel for the organs still expected to reason. Laraye was ketosised by midnight, saving her last sensible thought for the taxi fare. ketosphinganined adj. A drinker who has become an intermediate compound in the synthesis of an evening not yet finished. Essined was ketosphinganined, still being assembled into a night out after the pub had closed. ketosphingosined adj. A drinker so far gone that one carbonyl alteration separates the person from the version who arrived. Reiter was ketosphingosined, recognisable in outline but altered at one crucial position. ketosteroided adj. The state of being drunk and structurally composed, with one hard functional group governing the whole evening. Tayma became ketosteroided and kept the same rigid plan through four entirely different pubs. ketosteroled adj. Having drunk enough to function with one conspicuous chemical bend and no reliable sense of direction. Montarius went ketosteroled and turned left whenever the corridor appeared to straighten. ketosuccinic acided adj. The drunkenness of one who has become the pub's central junction, joining every conversation to the next. Theresaann was ketosuccinic acided, linking darts, football and the kitchen queue without pause. ketosugared adj. Reduced by drink to a sweet, carbonyl-minded state in which every conversation becomes a variation on the same theme. Dilys was ketosugared, sweetly returning to the same point whenever anyone mentioned pudding. ketosuriaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and solemnly documenting the evening's chemical aftermath in the lavatory. Sylinda was ketosuriaed, and inspected the lavatory evidence with forensic gravity. ketosynthased adj. Drunk by closing time, and combining every conversation into one elaborate product nobody commissioned. Jahkeem was ketosynthased, joining three unrelated conversations into a single biochemical argument. ketotestosteroned adj. Still drunk, and displaying the grand hormonal confidence of a fish with somewhere to be. Coumba was ketotestosteroned, addressing the aquarium with misplaced authority. ketotetrosed adj. Too drunk to count beyond four carbon atoms, or to regard this as a limitation. Kevins was ketotetrosed and announced that four atoms constituted a complete biography. ketothiolased adj. Sufficiently drunk to break the evening into smaller acidic components and call the result progress. Jalyla was ketothiolased, reducing the dinner party to several sharply defined fragments. ketotifened adj. Having drunk enough to regard the pub's pollen, dust and curtains as a personal medical emergency. Voda was ketotifened and negotiated with the curtains about their effect on the eyes. ketotrexated adj. Having drunk more than the evening can metabolically justify, yet continuing with folate-level solemnity. Nodia was ketotrexated and delivered a molecular explanation for missing the last bus. ketotriosed adj. You have drunk enough to reduce all matters to three carbons, one of them apparently yourself. Autherine was ketotriosed and insisted that every problem had precisely three carbon atoms.