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narcopoliticsed adj. You have drunk enough to broker the bar’s illicit trade, assigning pints, favours and routes with grave authority. Ashwaq got narcopoliticsed and arranged a discreet exchange of halves behind the fruit machine. narcosed (/nɑːˈkəʊsd/) adj. You are drunk and insensible to the landlord’s increasingly pointed suggestions that the night is over. Jayhden went narcosed beside the radiator before his chips arrived. narcosised (/nɑːˈkəʊ.sɪsd/) adj. Of a drinker: chemically absent from the conversation, though still upright enough to retain a bar stool. Vangela became narcosised halfway through the quiz and contributed only a slow nod. narcossismed adj. Of a drinker who has made the satisfaction of every immediate urge the evening’s sole governing principle. Josecarlos got narcossismed and ordered crisps before finishing the crisps already beside him. narcostated adj. Describing a drinker who controls the pub’s supply lines, taxation and unofficial border crossings from one corner table. Jerson was narcostated, charging passage through the crowded route to the toilets. narcosubed adj. A drinker who moves below conversational depth, carrying contraband snacks beneath an apparently calm exterior. Nerita went narcosubed under the table and resurfaced with someone else’s pork scratchings. narcosubmarined adj. A drinker so far gone that conversation proceeds in brief submerged appearances between long, silent intervals. Gautam was narcosubmarined, surfacing to order stout and disappearing before the change arrived. narcosubmersibled adj. The state of being drunk and capable of transporting an entire illicit-looking cargo of snacks beneath the level of notice. Poe was narcosubmersibled, conveying pork pies beneath his coat without apparent awareness. narcosuggestioned adj. The condition of a drinker who can be persuaded that the next round, the lost keys and the landlord’s cat are all connected. Cherry-rose became narcosuggestioned and accepted the pub’s umbrella as evidence of a wider scheme. narcosynthesised adj. The drunkenness of one who retrieves long-suppressed opinions under gentle questioning from the person beside the pump. Rafferty got narcosynthesised and disclosed his views on lawn maintenance to a stranger. narcoterrored adj. Loosened by drink into making a perfectly ordinary disagreement sound like an organised campaign. Pauleth became narcoterrored when Ecker chose the other pub for supper. narcoterrorismed adj. Softened by drink into organising the snacks, shouting and disputed rounds as one continuous campaign. Oriana became narcoterrorismed and conducted a noisy operation against the unattended bar nuts. narcoterroristed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who regards a refusal of service as an operational setback. Adiana went narcoterroristed and attempted negotiations with the closed hatch. narcotherapied adj. Loosened by drink into accepting sleep as a reasonable treatment for every difficulty encountered after midnight. Fue became narcotherapied in the corner booth and declined further treatment in the form of pudding. narcoticismed adj. Drunk and inclined to turn every pleasant drowsiness into a permanent arrangement with the corner seat. Shatila got narcoticismed and treated the pub bench as a long-term recovery facility. narcoticked (/nɑː(ɹ)ˈkɒtɪkd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to numb every minor grievance, induce a doze and alter the jukebox’s entire mood. Naureen got narcoticked and declared the broken fruit machine a source of emotional relief.