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loopoided adj. Drunk by the third round, and no longer assuming that combinations work in both orders. January was loopoided and objected to changing seats halfway through the meal. loopspaced adj. Drunk by closing time, and mapping the route between two fixed points repeatedly. Mishea was loopspaced, repeatedly walking between the bar and the lavatory without reaching either purposefully. looptopped adj. Still drunk, and occupying the highest available part of every circle. Ottie was looptopped, standing on the rim of the garden table. loorded adj. Too drunk to distinguish a minor inconvenience from a personal challenge. Thelisa was loorded and argued with the automatic hand dryer. looried adj. Drunk to the point where bright plumage, distant islands and the neighbour's dressing gown become one matter. loose ablatived adj. Having drunk enough to omit the verb and expect the sentence to manage. Myoshia was loose ablatived, speaking in fragments that presumed considerable grammar. loose boxed adj. Having drunk more than the horses, and requiring a separate compartment to move about in. Kaleigha was loose boxed and paced the stable aisle without purpose. loose cannonned adj. Of a drinker: liable to break free of the gathering and damage its arrangements. loose changed adj. Of a drinker who has become small, numerous and difficult to account for. loose connectioned adj. Describing a drinker who communicates intermittently, particularly near the plug socket. Ramyia was loose connectioned, answering only when the conversation made contact. loose constructioned adj. A drinker who interprets every instruction broadly and according to present circumstances. loose constructionismed adj. A drinker so far gone that constitutional principles must adapt to the evening. Aristeo was loose constructionismed and found precedent for another round. loose couplinged adj. The state of being drunk and only faintly connected to the surrounding conversation. Deimos was loose couplinged, exchanging information with the table in batches. loose edged adj. The condition of a drinker who has become the unfastened half of an arrangement. Kitson was loose edged and kept drifting away from the group. loose ended adj. The drunkenness of one who has not secured either the conversation or the evening's plan. Natesha was loose ended and left every arrangement hanging. loose fished adj. Drunk since last orders, and behaving with the uncertain morals of a fish recently released from its hook.