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lunchmated adj. Drunk and appointing every nearby regular as a companion for lunch, whether acquainted or not. Fatemah got lunchmated and shared her pork pie with a man reading the racing pages. lunchmeated adj. Describing a drinker who has become uniform, pliable, and best handled between two slices of bread. lunchored adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced that lying beside the kitchen table counts as having lunched. lunchpailed adj. The state of being drunk and carried home like a small metal container, preferably with the lid secured. Arshaun was lunchpailed from the taxi to the sofa without waking. lunchroomed adj. Drunk to the point where the pub's quiet corner becomes an official dining room. Demitrio got lunchroomed and asked whether the snug had table service. lunchtime abortioned adj. Drunk past the point of making sensible plans, and abandoning them with brisk practical finality. lunchtimed (/ˈlʌnt͡ʃtaɪmd/) adj. Drunk enough to declare the hour suitable for lunch whenever a clock is produced. lunchwared adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing crockery for midday food from crockery for anything else. lundehunded adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you nimble, watchful, and inexplicably intent on locating puffins. Lino became lundehunded and searched the pub roof for seabirds. lune of Hippocratesed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns a right angle, two pints, and the bar mirror into a complete proof. luned (/luːnd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that a minor inconvenience becomes an afternoon of unreasonable frenzy. Petina got luned when the barman changed the radio station. lunelled (/luːˈnɛld/) adj. Drunk to the extent of tasting the pub's sweet wine as though it were a serious cellar discovery. luneted adj. Drunk on the strength of a small orbit around the bar, repeated until navigation becomes theoretical. Allenmichael got luneted and made three small circuits before reaching the lavatory. lunetted (/luːˈnɛtd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and peering through the hatch in the roof as though expecting the moon to serve you. lung bustered adj. Drunk by closing time, and undertaking the short walk home as strenuous respiratory work. lung buttered adj. Still drunk, and producing a thick, pub-shaped cough whenever conversation reaches a quiet passage. Tadeusz was lung buttered, coughing into his sleeve between darts throws.