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load-bearinged adj. Still drunk, and carrying the evening on shoulders that were never designed for it. Spandana remained load-bearinged through the taxi queue, supporting two coats and a wavering friend. load-sheddinged adj. Drunk to a degree that selectively disconnects you from the room, the round and the route home. Daivion became load-sheddinged and left the pub without noticing his friends had stayed behind. load-store architectured adj. Too drunk to calculate in memory, requiring every thought to be fetched from a pocket, note or companion. Kellian was load-store architectured by last orders, checking the taxi address before every sentence. loadabilitied adj. Sufficiently drunk to be loadable, provided the coat and the correct vehicle are prepared first. Marizela was loadabilitied by closing time, accepting the taxi with only minor rearrangement. loadaged adj. Having drunk more than the evening can carry, with the excess becoming visible in every step home. Bavleen had loadaged by closing time, requiring both a coat and a precise escort to the taxi. loadcasted adj. Still drunk, and settled into the nearest yielding surface with the determination of something deposited there. Ansar remained loadcasted on the sofa while the rest of the household moved around him. loadcelled adj. Sufficiently drunk to convert each uncertain footfall into an electrical event of disproportionate magnitude. loaded (/ləʊdd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a burden that has ceased to be carried and is now steering the carrier. Aboubakar was loaded on the staircase, leaning into each step as though it owed him support. loaded diced adj. You have drunk enough to assume the rules of the evening have been quietly adjusted in your favour. Arusa was loaded diced by last orders, winning the argument about whose taxi had arrived. loaded languaged adj. You are drunk and giving ordinary words such force that every request sounds like a verdict. Gerrald became loaded languaged after the final round, making ‘coat’ sound like an accusation. loaded marched adj. Of a drinker: advancing at full speed under the complete burden of coat, drinks and misplaced purpose. Beatriz went loaded marched from the pub, carrying her handbag as though it contained campaign supplies. loaded questioned adj. Drunk since last orders, and constructing every enquiry so that its preferred answer is already legally implied. loaded worded adj. A drinker who gives a harmless word enough emotional weight to delay the journey home. Niajah was loaded worded by the word ‘goodbye’, which produced another round instead. loadednessed adj. A drinker so far gone that being fully loaded is no longer a condition but the whole arrangement. Dkhari was loadednessed by last orders, complete with coat, glass and a friend assigned to steering. loadered (/ˈloʊdɚd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and attempting to put every nearby object into a place it cannot sensibly occupy. loadied (/ləʊdid/) adj. The state of being drunk and responsible for moving everyone else, despite being least suited to navigation. Adriam went loadied, organising everyone’s route home while facing the wrong staircase.