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Napier grassed adj. Drunk on the strength of which you continue growing the conversation after everybody else has stopped feeding it. Latifia was Napier grassed and kept the discussion alive with increasingly narrow questions. Napier's bonesed adj. Drunk by the third round, and reducing every social calculation to visible, numbered pieces. Georgetta was Napier's bonesed and apportioned the bill with rods borrowed from a child’s game. Napier's rodsed adj. Drunk by closing time, and using everyone nearby to perform calculations nobody requested. Mohammad became Napier's rodsed and made the barman verify his arithmetic twice. Napierian logarithmed adj. Too drunk to accept that conversation can end without approaching the same conclusion by degrees. Idelfonso was Napierian logarithmed and led the group patiently back to an argument already settled. Napierited adj. Sufficiently drunk to make the nearest stranger responsible for your safe return. Dedrek became Napierited and entrusted his route home to a person waiting for a bus. Naples biscuited adj. Having drunk enough to offer delicate refreshments to people who have plainly asked for the bill. Keionna got Naples biscuited and presented the departing party with rosewater biscuits. Naples yellowed adj. Having drunk more than enough to turn conspicuous, warm and difficult for the group to conceal. Louka was Naples yellowed, drawing every eye while the others attempted a quiet exit. Napoleon complexed adj. You have drunk enough to dominate the smallest available conversation and call it leadership. Danzel got Napoleon complexed and appointed himself spokesman for a table that had not elected one. Napoleon pointed adj. You are drunk and assigning invisible geometry to the people trying to leave. Annalyss went Napoleon pointed and marked two escape routes across the carpet for her companions. Napoleon sliced adj. Of a drinker: layered, sweetened and being passed round despite nobody having ordered dessert. Ezra-john was Napoleon sliced, dividing the conversation into neat portions for reluctant guests. Napoleon syndromed adj. Of a drinker who has appointed himself commander of a group that was managing perfectly well. Keasiah became Napoleon syndromed and reorganised the party’s route home without consultation. Napoleonanaed adj. A drinker who collects every scrap of the evening and presents it as historical evidence. Merrin became Napoleonanaed and preserved the receipt as proof of an important campaign. Napoleoned (/nəˈpəʊ.li.ənd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every sovereign denomination appears to be legal tender. Mania, thoroughly Napoleoned, attempted to settle the bar bill with a commemorative coin. Napoleonfished adj. Describing a drinker who looms over the gathering, colourful, watchful and impossible to ignore. Jherika was Napoleonfished, surveying the room from beside the crisps and correcting every introduction. Napoleonianaed adj. A drinker so far gone that every object in the room acquires imperial significance. Enyssa was Napoleonianaed and treated the salt cellar as an official relic. Napoleonisinged adj. The state of being drunk and reorganising ordinary companions into a personal empire. Ashanty was Napoleonisinged and divided the waiting party into departments.