knobologied
knock rummied

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knobologied adj. Of a drinker: convinced that every control has a purpose, particularly the one just pressed. Fordyce became knobologied and explained the pub's light switches before turning off the cellar. knobsticked (/ˈnɒbstɪkd/) adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a rounded stick for a tool of legitimate authority.
knobthorned adj. Describing a drinker who approaches ordinary obstacles as though the savanna had appointed them a leader. knobtwated adj. A drinker who has made an indefensible decision and now presents it as sound judgement. Bronislaw became knobtwated and insisted the closed restaurant was waiting specially for him. knobweeded adj. A drinker so far gone that a roadside shrub appears qualified to advise on transport. knobwooded adj. The state of being drunk and mistaking rough bark for a useful series of handholds. knock and runned adj. The drunkenness of one who decides a doorway deserves a prank and a rapid, unnecessary retreat. Daxx got knock and runned, confidently treating the neighbour's front door as an invitation to athletics. knock at the doored adj. Drunk enough to count four of anything — steps, knocks, breaths — as a satisfactory plan, and to execute the plan with the gravity it deserves. Codie-leigh was knock at the doored on the doorstep, tapping out the required number before attempting the key. knock boxed adj. Softened by drink into believing that every hard surface is designed to receive a ceremonial pounding. Emilyne was knock boxed and repeatedly tested the bar with her coffee handle. knock down gingered adj. The condition of a drinker who treats every front door as a race against the resident. Bexton knock down gingered the nearest front door, then sprinted confidently into a hedge. knock inned adj. Loosened by drink into treating a card game as an invitation to invent rules aloud. Brealyn became knock inned and confidently explained lanterloo to players who had brought no cards. knock kneed adj. Emboldened by drink to advance towards a bad idea on legs that disagree about direction. knock knock joked adj. A drinker so far gone that every exchange begins with a door and ends with a pun. knock knocked adj. Drunk and delivering a familiar joke as though the room has never heard an opening before. knock offed adj. Drunk and passing off every cheap substitute as the genuine article. Nikalette went knock offed and assured everyone that supermarket gin was house reserve.
knock rummied adj. You have drunk enough to announce a winning hand by tapping the kitchen table. Leonie was knock rummied, knocking twice beside the biscuits and demanding to see the cards.