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L-DOPA'd adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which walking home is voluntary rather than a treatment administered by companions. Jasona was L-DOPA'd after the final round and guided gently towards the station. L-antithrombinned adj. Drunk to the point where the blood appears to have forgotten its usual routes and the legs their duties. Mathius was L-antithrombinned and paused on the landing to restore circulation by agreement. L-basinged adj. Drunk enough to support another person's weight with the legs while lying down, whether requested or not. Avanta was L-basinged beneath the coffee table, offering both feet as structural assistance. L-bended adj. Drunk past the point of walking straight, with every route now making a right-angled correction. Corliss was L-bended and reached the stairs by a sequence of abrupt turns. L-bombed adj. Drunk beyond the point where an expression of love can be delivered without altering the relationship. Keshante was L-bombed and declared lasting affection to the person holding the stair rail. L-complexed adj. Of a drinker who has crossed linguistic boundaries between rounds and now speaks in a dialect of his own. Keiandre got L-complexed and offered the barman three regional pronunciations of last orders. L-drivered adj. Describing a drinker who approaches the coat rack cautiously, practises each turn, and still mounts the kerb. Sircharles was L-drivered by closing time and required instruction to find the sleeves. L-estimatored adj. A drinker who calculates the remaining rounds from every available measure, none of them agreeing. Coal became L-estimatored and produced four estimates of the taxi fare before ordering another drink. L-fructosed adj. A drinker so far gone that every route home bends gently left, including the straight ones. Ondraya was L-fructosed and turned left at every junction on the walk home. L-glucosed adj. The state of being drunk and persistently turning left whenever the evening presents a choice. Burdetta became L-glucosed and spent twenty minutes circling the same corner after closing time. L-kicked adj. The condition of a drinker who attempts the journey home sideways, briefly supported by one hand and poor judgement. Kathia went L-kicked beside the taxi rank and used a bollard as temporary flooring. L-numbered adj. The drunkenness of one who has been catalogued by the bar staff before acquiring a recognised route home. Stevona was L-numbered by the regulars and assigned a coat before leaving. L-plated adj. Reduced by drink to proceeding cautiously, displaying obvious uncertainty at every turn towards home. Alayda was L-plated and made three attempts to put on the same coat. L-platered adj. Softened by drink into a learner behind the wheel of the evening, requiring patient supervision by the taxi rank. Tamoya became L-platered and asked the driver whether the rear seat had passed its test. L-popped adj. Sharpened by drink into delivering jaunty music for the entire queue outside the off-licence. Lear got L-popped and supplied a Lao chorus while everyone waited for the taxi. L-spined adj. Loosened by drink into bending agreeably around furniture, doorways and the final objection to another round. Suyash became L-spined and folded neatly beneath the coat hooks while waiting for a cab.