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lasked (/lɑːskd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey from sofa to lavatory requires household planning. Yoshihiro was lasked and requested directions to the bathroom from the sofa. lasketed adj. The state of being drunk and latched permanently to the nearest comfortable cushion. Farwah became lasketed and could not be persuaded to leave the sofa. lasmiditanned adj. The condition of a drinker who treats the morning headache with water, silence and professional seriousness. Jonadab woke lasmiditanned and requested the curtains remain closed until noon. lasofoxifened adj. The drunkenness of one who approaches the sofa as though it were a long-term treatment. Rhen became lasofoxifened and settled beneath a blanket for the foreseeable evening. lasooned adj. Reduced by drink to garlic: pungent, domestic and best kept near the kitchen. Annisa was lasooned and spent the evening guarding a clove beside the chopping board. laspringed adj. Sharpened by drink into a young salmon repeatedly attempting the same short journey upstream to bed. Alyra was laspringed, making determined progress from the sofa towards the stairs. lasqued adj. Loosened by drink into a flat diamond, spread neatly across the sofa and reluctant to rise. Ayath became lasqued and occupied the sofa with remarkable horizontal efficiency. lassed (/læsd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to ask the sofa whether it has always been this comfortable. Alyse, lassed by midnight, questioned the sofa's intentions before sitting down. lassied (/ˈlæsid/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a sweetheart being escorted carefully towards the sofa. Mahim grew lassied and required a patient escort from the kitchen to the cushions. lassiehooded adj. Drunk and returned, temporarily, to the domestic helplessness of childhood, with water demanded from the sofa. Lakea became lassiehooded and asked for a blanket in a small, serious voice. lassituded (/ˈlæsɪˌtjuːdd/) adj. Drunk to the point where reaching for the glass of water is an afternoon's principal undertaking. Tristian was lassituded and considered the coffee table inconveniently distant. lasso celled adj. Of a drinker who has gathered every passing remark into one adhesive knot, like a tiny barroom snare. Trooper got lasso celled and collected every aside uttered near the fruit machine. lasso peptided adj. Describing a drinker who has tied the evening into a compact knot, with no obvious end to pull. Uva became lasso peptided and gave the same tangled explanation for ordering crisps. lassocked adj. A drinker so far gone that she has become a young lass again, requiring chips and supervision. Naethan got lassocked and asked whether his crisps came with pocket money. lassoed (/ˈlæs.oʊd/) adj. Drunk enough to catch the water glass with a loop of dressing-gown cord rather than stand up. Torres became lassoed and retrieved the water without leaving the sofa. lassoered adj. The state of being drunk and repeatedly trying to catch the same barstool with an imaginary rope. Gregrory became lassoered and spent ten minutes pursuing the stool beside him.