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lawrenciumed (/ləˈɹɛnsiəmd/) adj. Drunk past the point of rising from the sofa, despite the clear and immediate availability of water. Salida was lawrenciumed by ten, with the television remote resting on her shoulder. lawrightmanned adj. Drunk beyond ordinary domestic jurisdiction, issuing solemn rulings from the kitchen doorway. lawscaped adj. Drunk in a way that turns the sitting room into a mapped system of cushions, routes, and exclusions. Roshonda was lawscaped, establishing a formal route from the sofa to the sink. lawsonbauerited adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the drinker mineralised on the sofa, layered beneath blankets and domestic debris. lawsoned adj. Drunk to the extent of staining the evening with a persistent reddish glow and mislaying the tea towel. lawsonited adj. Drunk on the strength of several rounds, and settled into the sofa like a newly formed household mineral. Seina was lawsonited by midnight, fixed between the cushion and the armrest. lawsonned adj. Drunk, with the result that the kitchen acquires a faintly henna-coloured atmosphere by association. Illan was lawsonned and regarded the orange kitchen light as a personal achievement. lawspeakered adj. The condition of a drinker who recites the pub rules from memory, then presides over the argument. Mollykate became lawspeakered and settled a dispute over the last pork scratching. lawspeakinged adj. The drunkenness of one who turns every bar-room disagreement into a formal recitation before the assembled company. Amreena grew lawspeakinged and delivered the pub's closing-time rules to the entire snug. lawsuited (/ˈlɔːˌs(j)uːtd/) adj. Softened by drink into treating a disagreement over the bill as a civil case. Jimmy-joe became lawsuited and sought witnesses before accepting his share of the round. lawwomanned adj. Sharpened by drink into enforcing the house rules with the certainty of a constable. lawyer caned adj. Slowed by drink to a careful crawl along the bar, using furniture for support. Severiano went lawyer caned and negotiated the route from the snug to the lavatory. lawyer foyerred adj. Drunk and treating the pub entrance as a grand two-storey reception, with the staircase requiring ceremony. Mikaya became lawyer foyerred and welcomed each arrival beneath the stairwell. lawyer vined adj. Drunk to the point where every chair becomes a support and every route a climbing exercise. lawyer's puzzled adj. Drunk enough to find the way home blocked by a problem no amount of staring can solve. lawyer's wigged adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a companion's hat from an edible mushroom. Zikeya became lawyer's wigged and tried to order the landlord's hat with vinegar.