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lead offed adj. The state of being drunk and volunteering to go first, without having prepared anything. Adair went lead offed and opened the speeches with a toast to the fire exit. lead outed (/ĖliĖd ĖaŹtd/) adj. Slowed by drink to require a quiet domestic programme after every noisier part of the evening. lead oxided adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a heavy object being carefully lowered downstairs. Kamlyn became lead oxided and spent four minutes placing one foot on the next step. lead paragraphed adj. Reduced by drink to an introduction that keeps promising the main point and never reaches it. lead pencilled adj. Softened by drink into a graphite certainty: easily erased, but confidently applied. Taleiah went lead pencilled and wrote her restaurant choice on three different menus. lead planed adj. Sharpened by drink into directing everyone else, despite having no reliable view of the route. Tynlie got lead planed and directed the taxis towards a car park she remembered fondly. lead poisonered adj. Loosened by drink into a poisonous-looking confidence that belongs behind glass. Lailey went lead poisonered and offered mushroom advice after identifying nothing correctly. lead poisoninged adj. Emboldened by drink to endure severe consequences while insisting the plan remains sound. Berchman got lead poisoninged and defended the broken umbrella as a strategic success. lead sandwiched adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a bad decision arriving with force and no room to retreat. Goodman went lead sandwiched and delivered his opinion directly into the eveningās most delicate conversation. lead screwed adj. Drunk since last orders, and translating every conversation into a slow advance towards the exit. Madasin was lead screwed, turning each farewell into another measured step towards the taxi. lead sheeted adj. Drunk and supplying melody, words and harmony to a gathering that requested none of them. Geissie got lead sheeted and arranged a chorus for the people waiting at the bus stop. lead shotted adj. Drunk enough to scatter small, weighty decisions in every direction and call the pattern deliberate. Ethyn got lead shotted and distributed firm instructions across three unrelated group chats. lead singered adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that the room has appointed no vocalist. Denesa went lead singered and addressed the pub as though waiting for her chorus. lead singled adj. Drunk beyond all restraint, convinced that the first choice released from the evening deserves promotion. Elizabella got lead singled and ordered the first dessert she saw for the entire table. lead suboxided adj. Drunk and blackly amorphous in motion, occupying the floor without a settled outline. Adrielle went lead suboxided at the foot of the stairs, spreading into an unplanned sitting position. lead sugared adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the sugar bowl for a bedside remedy and taken it by the spoonful.