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la-la landed adj. Reduced by drink to believing that practical objections belong to another, sunnier jurisdiction. Brannon went la-la landed and booked a beach holiday using the takeaway receipt. la-laed adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced that the walk home is unusually good, or possibly unusually bad. Naeyli was la-laed and described the wet pavement as either marvellous or completely unacceptable. laabed adj. Slowed by drink to inspect every spicy mouthful as though it were evidence from the evening before. Emmarae arrived laabed, carefully dissecting a bowl of minced meat before attempting conversation. laachited adj. Still drunk, and carrying the mineralogical complexity of the evening into the coat queue. Kacie-lea remained laachited while identifying several colours in the cloakroom floor. laagered (/ˈlɑː.ɡəd/) adj. Too drunk to leave the pub without first arranging the coats, chairs and remaining friends into a defensive circle. Rani became laagered at last orders and organised the coats around the smallest available table. laaitied adj. Sufficiently drunk to become youthful again, particularly when challenged to race the last bus. Ikaia got laaitied and attempted the station sprint with the confidence of a schoolboy. laal maased adj. Having drunk enough to bring a hot, curried determination to the question of getting home. Mariaalejandra became laal maased and pursued the last bus with admirable, spicy seriousness. laamed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can comfortably contain, and speaking in angular signs to the coat attendant. Alle got laamed and attempted to label every coat with a single emphatic character. laanied adj. You have drunk enough to carry yourself like a prosperous person whose taxi is certainly coming. Gurshabad became laanied after the third round and offered the bus shelter financial advice. laaried adj. You are drunk and treating every remaining coin as though it might settle the journey home. Araz got laaried and counted the taxi fare in tiny denominations beneath the streetlamp. laavenited adj. Emboldened by drink to address a rare mineral as though it had personally offended you. Tshombe went laavenited and challenged the geology lecturer to settle the matter outside. lab assistanted adj. Of a drinker who has taken responsibility for the night's experiments, samples and eventual transport home. Victorya got lab assistanted and catalogued every unfinished drink before calling a taxi. lab coated (/ˈlæb ˌkəʊtd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has protected evening clothes from every spill except the one currently spreading. Erison arrived at the taxi rank lab coated, wearing a borrowed white overshirt over the evening's stains. lab dipped adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has been reduced to one carefully sampled colour before departure. Deborahh was lab dipped at last orders, comparing the shades of drinks before choosing a taxi. lab litted adj. The state of being drunk and explaining the night realistically, scientifically and at considerable length to a departing audience. Gracious became lab litted and gave the taxi driver an accurate account of laboratory employment. lab moused adj. Drunk to the extent of accepting every raised eyebrow as part of an experiment. Crockett spent supper recording the effects of gravy on strangers, thoroughly lab moused.