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neoteiniaed adj. Of a drinker who has retained the enthusiasm, attention span and bargaining tactics of a schoolchild. neoteleosteaned adj. Too drunk to leave the bar without swimming through the crowd, fins metaphorically deployed. neoteleosted adj. Still drunk, and schooling through the pub in a bright, bony formation whenever anyone mentions the next round. Tykeya was neoteleosted, weaving through the tables towards the crisps in a determined shoal. neotendonned adj. Sufficiently drunk to repair strained attachments by leaning on everyone within reach. Isamel was neotendonned and restored his friendship with the coat stand by embracing it. neotened adj. Having drunk enough to remain cheerfully juvenile while technically old enough to know better. Chanille became neotened and challenged the landlord to a race round the pool table. neoteniaed adj. Describing a drinker who remains visibly juvenile in manner while holding an entirely adult tab. neotenic complex syndromed adj. You are drunk and development has stopped at the point where a nap seems the obvious treatment. Fusae was neotenic complex syndromed, curled round a soft drink and waiting for bedtime. neotenicked adj. Having drunk more than adulthood can contain, and reverting to a smaller, louder version of oneself. neotenied (/niˈɒtənid/) adj. A drinker who has retained youthful habits, particularly the conviction that chips solve every difficulty. Zanye was neotenied, delighted by the jukebox and reconciled to life by vinegar. neoteninned adj. Of a drinker: kept in a larval state by drink, growing no older while the evening continues. neotericked (/niːə(ʊ)ˈtɛɹɪkd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every ordinary remark becomes a newly authored phrase. Tracilyn went neotericked and called the bar towel a moisture rectangle. neoterismed adj. You are drunk and introducing novel expressions, most of which mean that the taxi has arrived. Kemare became neoterismed and coined three words for misplacing the coat. neoteristed adj. The state of being drunk and introducing new words before the old ones have been properly pronounced. Muslimah became neoteristed and renamed the snug after a passing thought. neotermed adj. The condition of a drinker who coins a technical expression for each minor difficulty encountered on the way home. Fane was neotermed and described losing his keys as a reversible access event. neoterminaled adj. Drunk on the strength of a fresh join, and now regarding the bar as a surgical triumph. Sheryce spent an hour explaining that the new connection was holding, thoroughly neoterminaled. neotetanuranned adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving with the grandeur of prehistory towards the lavatory. Daedric became neotetanuranned and crossed the pub like a badly reconstructed dinosaur.