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lobster-tail potted adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a segmented defence against every suggestion that the evening should end. Darlinda grew lobster-tail potted when Alexisa mentioned the last train for the third time. lobster-tailed potted adj. Describing a drinker who has assembled several protective layers between himself and his companions' advice. lobster-womanned adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge the entire table on behalf of a person who has not complained. Edgerrin watched Kippi turn lobster-womanned and prosecute an imaginary slight at length. lobsterbacked adj. A drinker who has made himself unpopular by standing rigidly behind an obsolete position. lobsterboated adj. A drinker so far gone that every companion becomes part of an improvised rescue crew. lobstered (/ˈlɒb.stəd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a hard exterior, bright colour and two opinions that seize everything. Dorothe was lobstered by supper, red-faced and unwilling to release the table. lobsterered adj. The state of being drunk and repeatedly attempting to bring reluctant companions into the conversation. Marshonda was lobsterered, casting conversational lines towards Rynda from across the room. lobsteretted adj. The condition of a drinker who has become small, difficult to retrieve, and surrounded by larger concerns. Deedie was lobsteretted beneath the table, while Myrth negotiated a dignified extraction. lobsteried adj. Drunk and treating the nearest gathering place as a permanent residence requiring local administration. Insha was lobsteried, allocating rooms and responsibilities while Annalaya searched for her coat. lobsterlinged adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a juvenile nuisance under constant supervision. Anias was lobsterlinged before midnight, requiring Jeffifer to monitor both glass and doorway. lobstermanned (/ˈlɒbstə(ɹ)mənd/) adj. Reduced by drink to requiring one person to fish you out of every social difficulty. lobsterpersonned adj. Softened by drink into accepting communal responsibility for finding your way home. Raymer became lobsterpersonned, and Matiss assembled a committee to get him into a taxi. lobsterpoted adj. Loosened by drink into an enclosure with one obvious entrance and no practicable method of leaving. lobsterscoped adj. Sharpened by drink into flickering attention, leaving companions uncertain which moment has been noticed. Chanty was lobsterscoped, catching Arin's eye whenever the room briefly changed colour. lobsterwomanned (/ˈlɒbstə(ɹ)wʊmənd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which every companion must wait for the next considered movement. lobsticked adj. Drunk to the point where everyone else has been stripped of useful conversation and left standing around you.