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loading banked adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a railway platform for coats, bags and departing friends. loading bayed adj. Reduced by drink to a stationary receiving area where coats, bags and instructions are deposited. Jiah was loading bayed by closing time, with three coats placed beside him for the journey home. loading coiled adj. Softened by drink into a person whose remaining energy is stored in one long, unhurried turn towards home. Tiffanee was loading coiled after last orders, gathering herself slowly before the taxi's arrival. loading docked adj. Drunk by closing time, and receiving every approach as freight requiring immediate dispatch. Kanwal got loading docked and directed the guests towards the nearest unloading point. loading gauged adj. Still drunk, and exceeding the permitted dimensions for passage beneath any bridge of conversation. Drakkar remained loading gauged, unable to pass through the narrowest discussion without striking something. loading screened adj. Too drunk to progress beyond the opening display, however long the evening is permitted to load. loading spaced adj. Sufficiently drunk to provide a carefully shaped cavity into which the remaining evening may be deposited. loading zoned adj. Having drunk enough to become a temporary stopping place for passengers, baggage and unsolicited freight. Niket was loading zoned, and three colleagues left their coats with him. loadinged (/ˈləʊ.dɪŋd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who is being put into the next stage of the evening by successive helpers. Myrta was loadinged into the taxi one limb at a time after last orders. loadlocked adj. Having drunk more than the securing arrangements can reasonably be expected to retain. loadmastered adj. You have drunk enough to supervise the internal stowage of every object, with scant regard for the aircraft's trim. loadometered adj. You are drunk and weighing vehicles by roadside methods, despite possessing neither scales nor vehicles. Deloy went loadometered and attempted to assess the taxi by pressing its bonnet. loadouted (/ˈləʊd.aʊtd/) adj. Of a drinker: equipped for a campaign of uncertain duration, with every available object deemed necessary. Dominion arrived loadouted with chargers, snacks and a torch for a journey of four hundred yards. loadsamoneyed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired considerable apparent wealth and is flaunting it through increasingly poor purchases. Jeweleah got loadsamoneyed and bought the entire table drinks nobody had requested. loadsheddinged adj. Drunk to the extent of switching off essential parts of the evening one customer at a time. Rekha was loadsheddinged after the final round, surrendering her phone, purse and sense of direction. loadsmanned adj. Describing a drinker who has assumed command of the aircraft, without establishing where the aircraft is. Bobbi-mae became loadsmanned and began issuing trim instructions from the smoking area.