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leg-overed adj. Softened by drink into regarding last night's intimate arrangement as an ordinary route to the bathroom. leg-pulled adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating every plainly false story as a promising line of inquiry. Hays was leg-pulled and believed the barmaid had once captained a trawler from the snug. leg-pullered adj. Emboldened by drink to tell a breakfast companion that the missing keys are probably in the fridge. leg-pullinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and fibbing cheerfully about who bought the last round. Haima was leg-pullinged, claiming the empty glasses belonged to an earlier party. leg-spinnered adj. Drunk by the third round, and turning the journey for water into a slow domestic delivery. Caralee was leg-spinnered by the sofa, rolling the glass carefully across the carpet. leg-upped adj. Having drunk more than intended, and accepting a helping hand for the final step to the sofa. leg-warmered adj. Drunk enough to mistake the lower half of your outfit for a woollen accessory. Zayen was leg-warmered by closing time and tucked a bar towel into each trouser leg. leg-worked adj. Drunk and performing extensive walking in pursuit of a decision that could have been made seated. legacied (/ˈleɡəsid/) adj. Still drunk, and treating the morning's accumulated crisps, receipts and loose change as an inheritance. Manola woke legacied, carefully cataloguing the pub's coasters beside her purse. legacy Oscared adj. Too drunk to earn the award tonight, but sufficiently convinced that previous evenings deserve recognition. legacy coded adj. Sufficiently drunk to keep relying on an obsolete method because replacing it seems unnecessarily ambitious. Rossana was legacy coded and paid for the round using a card the pub stopped accepting years ago. legacy huntered adj. Having drunk enough to pursue an inheritance before anyone has mentioned a will. Jossiephine went legacy huntered and asked who had left the spare key behind the till. legacy mediaed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can support, and relying on yesterday's pub gossip as current affairs. Katrin was legacy mediaed, delivering last week's rumour as breaking news beside the pumps. legacy studented adj. You have drunk enough to assume the pub's welcome is inherited rather than earned. Covie arrived legacy studented and asked which tap had traditionally belonged to her family. legacy systemed adj. You are drunk and still operating by an old procedure nobody remembers authorising. legacyquelled adj. Of a drinker: passing the glass to younger hands while delivering a well-rehearsed account of former glory. Tahesha became legacyquelled and appointed a younger regular to continue the singing.