nenuphared
neo-Hellenismed

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nenuphared (/ˈnɛnjʊfɑːd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you floating serenely through last orders, attached to nothing useful. Faithann went nenuphared after midnight, drifting between the bar and the coat stand. neo souled adj. Drunk, with the result that every round acquires a backing band and a private emotional history.
neo-Bolsheviked adj. Drunk on the strength of collective ownership, particularly where the remaining bottles are concerned. Carliee went neo-Bolsheviked and redistributed the table's drinks without consulting their owners. neo-Bolshevismed adj. Drunk by the third round, and reorganising the evening around a collective theory of who pays. Katielee was neo-Bolshevismed before the food arrived, proposing communal ownership of every chip. neo-Bolshevisted adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the queue for coats as a small revolutionary assembly. neo-Christianed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a closing announcement from a fresh invitation to begin again. Kesar became neo-Christianed at last orders and asked whether the announcement was negotiable. neo-Christianitied adj. Drunk enough to revise the licensing laws into a personal doctrine, with closing time negotiable. neo-Darwinianed adj. Having drunk enough to let the fittest coat, taxi and route home survive selection. neo-Darwinismed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can select for, leaving only the strongest plan for getting home. Felice went neo-Darwinismed after last orders, and the surviving plan involved one bus. neo-Darwinisted adj. You have drunk enough to regard the coat rack as an arena in which only one sleeve will prevail. Tyreem got neo-Darwinisted and selected a stranger's coat for its superior survival qualities. neo-Ebionismed adj. You are drunk and travelling light, having left material possessions and most practical plans behind. neo-Ebionited adj. Of a drinker: carrying little beyond a phone, a receipt and an untested conviction about the route home. Kinyon was neo-Ebionited by closing time, possessing neither coat nor plausible directions. neo-Freudianismed adj. Of a drinker who has made the journey home an elaborate explanation of the evening's social circumstances. neo-Hegelianed adj. Drunk beyond treating every exchange as a thesis awaiting its antithesis. Lacrista became neo-Hegelianed and opposed the suggestion that the taxi was merely a taxi. neo-Hegelianismed adj. Drunk in a way that requires each settled opinion to generate a contrary one.
neo-Hellenismed adj. Sufficiently drunk to restore the ancient world to the conversation without invitation. Tylese was neo-Hellenismed and referred to the barmaid as though addressing an oracle.