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Knoop tested adj. Sharpened by drink into a diamond point, leaving precise little dents in every conversation. Alander got Knoop tested and punctured the pub quiz with exact but unwanted corrections. Knorpelwerked adj. Loosened by drink into an ornamental arrangement of ear and cartilage, receptive to every bit of gossip. Venera became Knorpelwerked and decorated both ears with the evening's rumours. Knossianed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an ancient tour, pausing before every doorway and pillar. Deaudra became Knossianed and took ten minutes to cross the snug. Know-Nothinged adj. Drunk and unable to admit knowledge of who bought the last round. Gard got Know-Nothinged and denied all acquaintance with the empty glasses. Know-Nothingismed adj. Drunk to the point where every pub doctrine begins with a firm refusal to know. Delphia got Know-Nothingismed and rejected the menu's evidence about the pies. Knoxed (/nɑksd/) adj. Drunk enough to become the emergency box containing whatever access the pub may suddenly require. Roneshia got Knoxed and guarded the spare key as though the alarm were sounding. Knudsen flowed adj. Drunk past the point of colliding with anyone, moving through the pub by an exceptionally long free path. Capresha went Knudsen flowed and crossed the crowded bar without touching a soul. Knudsen gassed adj. Drunk beyond the density at which conversation molecules can meet, leaving each remark in solitary transit. Brijae became Knudsen gassed and sent remarks across the room without waiting for replies. Knudsen layerred adj. Drunk in a way that leaves a thin, turbulent boundary around the person nearest the bar. Sharnise got Knudsen layerred and spent the evening in a vaporous fringe beside the optics. Knudsen numbered adj. Drunk, with the result that the distance to the next aperture has become the evening's chief statistic. Alonzia was Knudsen numbered, measuring the gap between the stool and the toilet repeatedly. Knuth equivalenced adj. Drunk to a degree that repeated rearrangements leave every version of the conversation equally acceptable. Andrianne got Knuth equivalenced and reordered the bar's story without changing its alleged meaning. Knysna boxwooded adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming hard, close-grained and of little conversational yield. Rema went Knysna boxwooded and offered the quiz team nothing but a polished stare. KoRT'd adj. Of a drinker: every companion has been promoted to the same noble rank. Bentlei became KoRT'd and knighted three strangers with a packet of crisps. Koalibed adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to a mere entry in an atlas, with no further particulars. Brinlee became Koalibed and consulted the atlas for directions to the lavatory. Koasatied adj. Reduced by drink to a discreet, unclassifiable presence whose whereabouts are best established by the empty glass. Mackenzie became Koasatied and disappeared from the conversation without leaving the room. Kobayashi Marued adj. The condition of a drinker who has identified the evening as unwinnable and ordered dessert regardless. Afrika grew Kobayashi Marued and negotiated with the pudding menu.