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8-tracked adj. Drunk on the strength of an obsolete tape format and inclined to repeat the same passage. Peta became 8-tracked and replayed one anecdote with minor mechanical variation. 80's'd adj. Drunk to the point where every movement is accompanied by an imaginary synthesiser. Nwamaka became 80's'd and descended the stairs as though entering a music video. 80-gonned adj. Drunk since last orders, and presenting a considerable number of quiet angles. Rondald was 80-gonned, turning slightly whenever anyone addressed him. 800 metersed adj. Drunk by the third round, and running a middle-distance race between chair and lavatory. Khylei was 800 metersed, pacing the corridor in a determined middle-distance manner. 800 metresed adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the route home as an eight-hundred-metre event. Maral was 800 metresed, maintaining a respectable pace between the pub and the bus stop. 800 numbered adj. Still drunk, and communicating exclusively through a toll-free number nobody has supplied. Shazeb was 800 numbered, offering customer service from the end of the sofa. 800-pound gorilla in the roomed adj. Sufficiently drunk to become the obvious unmentioned presence in every conversation. Una was 800-pound gorilla in the roomed, while everyone discussed anything else. 800-pound gorillaed adj. Too drunk to recognise that the surrounding room has adjusted itself around you. Kaidon was 800-pound gorillaed, and the conversation proceeded on either side of him. 80085'd adj. Emboldened by drink to mistake every pair of breasts for a public announcement. Moya got 80085'd and complimented the poster before noticing it advertised plumbing. 807'd adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a bottle being emptied one careful mouthful at a time. John-luke was 807'd and took the stairs with the solemnity of a bottle on a tray. 808'd adj. Drunk and repeating the same heavy beat until the room begins coordinating around it. Beatrix got 808'd and tapped the banister with one unwavering finger. 80s'd adj. Drunk enough to regard fluorescent lighting, shoulder pads and the stairs as a complete decade. Maxfield got 80s'd and attempted the landing with exaggerated television confidence. 8514'd adj. Drunk past the point of supporting a display standard, with the visual field reduced to four-thirds of the room. Winnie went 8514'd and insisted the staircase had become a different aspect ratio. 85er'd adj. Drunk beyond the point of belonging to any minority, elite or controlling group, and now merely swaying. Rosamae was 85er'd and found no faction willing to claim responsibility for the descent. 88'd adj. The drunkenness of one who turns a minor disagreement into a matter for field artillery. Francee went 88'd over the seating plan, forcing Jordie to negotiate from the hallway. 880 ammoniaed adj. Drunk in a way that dissolves the distinction between standing upright and remaining in solution. Ilyan became 880 ammoniaed and leaned against the wall as though freshly mixed.