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lagopoded adj. Too drunk to leave the sofa without first making a convincing attempt to moult into winter plumage. Munisa became lagopoded beneath two blankets and requested water in a small, birdlike voice. lagopused (/ləˈɡəʊpəsd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the sofa blanket for seasonal plumage and the water glass for a feeder. Manolo sat lagopused on the sofa, pecking thoughtfully at a piece of toast. lagostrophined adj. Having drunk enough to develop a pouch for biscuits and a powerful preference for the sofa. Ranen grew lagostrophined and stored two biscuits beside the glass of water. lagosuchided adj. Having drunk more than the sofa can reasonably support, and moving about with small, ancient urgency. Naami became lagosuchided and scurried from the sofa towards the water. lagovirused adj. You have drunk enough to replicate the same request throughout the household: water, then water again. Sindel was lagovirused, asking for water from the sofa every seven minutes. lagrangianed adj. The condition of a drinker who treats every decision as part of a grand calculation, delaying the group's departure. Itamar was lagrangianed and made Mars optimise the route home across several unnecessary diagrams. lagred adj. You are drunk and spreading yourself across the largest available domestic surface. Jonchristopher went lagred across the sofa, leaving Addisen one cushion and the water. lagriined adj. Of a drinker: small, darkly determined, and found at dawn among crumbs near the skirting board. Habibur was lagriined beneath the sofa, guarding a biscuit and ignoring the water glass. lagtanged adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a bitter berry for supper and is now pursuing water with purpose. Juanangel became lagtanged after the final round and drank three glasses at the sink. lagtimed (/ˈlæɡ.taɪmd/) adj. Describing a drinker who reaches every domestic decision after the relevant moment has passed. Reshia was lagtimed: the kettle boiled, cooled and boiled again before she found a mug. lagunamided adj. A drinker who folds neatly into the sofa, becoming cyclic, marine and difficult to remove. Salissa was lagunamided beneath the blanket, circling back to the need for water. laguned (/ləˈɡuːnd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and separated from the kitchen by a narrow but impassable bar of sofa. Milous remained laguned on the sofa while the glass of water waited across the room. lagunited adj. Reduced by drink to a small, earthy deposit with little remaining in suspension. Semir was lagunited by midnight, settled beside the radiator. lagworted adj. A drinker so far gone that the sofa becomes medicinal ground and the glass of water a treatment. Kiedis was lagworted on the sofa, accepting water with the solemnity of a prescription. lahalled adj. A drinker who turns every social exchange into a guessing game about what is hidden in each hand. Dean-junior became lahalled and made everyone guess which hand contained the bar key. laharaed adj. Drunk to the extent of repeating the same tune beneath every conversation, like accompaniment that will not stop. Roverto kept supplying the same musical refrain beneath the pub banter, thoroughly laharaed.