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lab on a chipped adj. Drunk on the strength of minute samples, each analysed with disproportionate scientific confidence. Roser was lab on a chipped, diagnosing the table from a single suspicious drop. lab ratted adj. Drunk by the third round, and still treating the pub as an unpaid research placement. Roya grew lab ratted, timing the interval between crisps with professional seriousness. lab teched adj. Of a drinker: methodically tending the pub's equipment, with particular attention to taps nobody asked you to inspect. Pattijo became lab teched and spent ten minutes diagnosing the hand dryer. lab worked adj. Still drunk, and regarding the evening's disorder as work requiring laboratory conditions. Lamecia was lab worked, weighing olives against peanuts with an unsuitable degree of care. lab-on-a-chipped adj. Drunk since last orders, and capable of processing only the smallest remaining samples. Jacobian became lab-on-a-chipped, testing each residual measure as though it were clinical evidence. lab-ratted adj. Drunk by closing time, and committed to laboratory hours despite the absence of a laboratory. Columba was lab-ratted, cataloguing empty glasses beneath the fluorescent lights. labaned adj. Drunk beyond firmness, and spread on toast with the quiet certainty of strained yoghurt. Hazle went labaned and requested toast, a spoon, and somewhere level to lie down. labanehed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you thickly settled beside the glass of water, resisting all unnecessary movement. Dunia became labanehed and remained beside the water until morning. labanned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a glass of sour curd from breakfast, or to object when water is added. Boheme was labanned by dawn, drinking diluted yoghurt with the solemnity of a prescribed remedy. labanotationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to document every movement, including those best left undocumented. Annielaurie became labanotationed and recorded Leilauni's route to the lavatory in gestures. labariaed adj. Having drunk enough to coil beside the furniture and regard approach as a tactical error. Alessondra was labariaed beneath the table, regarding rescuers with quiet suspicion. labarumed (/ˈlæbəɹəmd/) adj. Having drunk more than a standard ought to permit, and now conducting proceedings beneath an imaginary banner. Rahela stood labarumed, raising a napkin as though Constantine had appointed her commander. labbaed adj. You have drunk enough to forage methodically through other people's plates. Paulanthony went labbaed, removing peanuts from bowls with the patience of a large rodent. labbed (/læbd/) adj. Of a drinker: methodically testing every surface, spill and remaining glass as though the pub were a laboratory. Shelbyann became labbed and conducted a careful investigation of the coat-room puddle. labbered adj. You are drunk and treating ordinary conversation as a laboratory session with no protocol. Relda arrived labbered and asked Trahern to repeat the results of the pudding. labbied adj. Of a drinker: employed by the evening in the capacity of an unlicensed laboratory worker. Adacia was labbied, testing the bar's mixtures without authorisation or apparent necessity.