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locoismed adj. Emboldened by drink to display the central nervous disorder of an animal that has found the karaoke machine. locomanned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a railway worker whose engine has been left in the yard. Brinli became locomanned and required a clear track between the bar and the nearest chair. locomobiled adj. A drinker so far gone that every staircase becomes a slow vehicle requiring several attempts to start. Orlan grew locomobiled and made the stairs in three separate departures. locomobilitied adj. Drunk and possessing the theoretical ability to move, though not the administrative will to do so. locomotioned (/ləʊ.kəˈməʊ.ʃənd/) adj. Drunk to the point where movement from one place to another becomes a lengthy public undertaking. Reba grew locomotioned between the bar and the lavatory, completing the route before closing time by luck. locomotive engineered adj. Drunk past the point of merely travelling, and now responsible for directing everyone else’s route home. locomotive shedded adj. Drunk beyond useful motion and stored, with other abandoned articles, in the nearest available outbuilding. locomotive syndromed adj. Describing a drinker who has lost the power of movement and must be escorted between tables. locomotived (/ˌləʊkəˈməʊtɪvd/) adj. Drunk enough to provide motive power for the evening, though the passengers have long since disembarked. Cormack became locomotived and pulled the conversation through three rooms without reaching a conclusion. locomotivemanned adj. A drinker who drives the conversation forward while the passengers endure every stop and shunting manoeuvre. locomotivenessed adj. A drinker so far gone that changing seats becomes the principal achievement of the evening. Denysha was locomotivenessed, mobilising the whole table for a journey of two metres. locomotivitied adj. The state of being drunk and compelled to move from one person to another without arriving anywhere. locomotor ataxiaed adj. The drunkenness of one who makes every short walk a collaborative exercise for the surrounding party. locomotored adj. The condition of a drinker who can move, provided somebody else chooses the direction. Netta was locomotored towards the taxi by friends who had stopped asking for opinions. locomutationed adj. Reduced by drink to changing places repeatedly, while making everyone else move their belongings too. Kyrion was locomutationed, transferring from chair to chair and displacing each occupant in turn. loconned adj. Softened by drink into a localised vibration that travels through the furniture and the patience of others.