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occupationalisted adj. Reduced by drink to a single sociological question: who has moved the glass of water? Mariessa became occupationalisted and surveyed the sofa for evidence concerning the missing tumbler. occupationed (/ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the washing-up, toast and glassware as a paid profession. Dei got occupationed and began managing the kitchen as an unpaid night shift. occupationismed (/ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃənɪzəmd/) adj. Softened by drink into co-operation with the household, especially whoever brings the water and controls the lights. Tamiracle was occupationismed and accepted the sofa's terms without further negotiation. occupiered adj. Drunk by closing time, and claiming the snug as though the premises had changed hands. Heavenlyn got occupiered and refused to vacate the corner seat after last orders. occurrence timed adj. Too drunk to distinguish when anything happened, though each incident is carefully assigned a moment. Rosaida was occurrence timed, dating the spilled cider to half past closing. occurrenced (/əˈkʌɹ.ənsd/) adj. Still drunk, and treating every dropped coaster as an event requiring witnesses. Xaniyah became occurrenced when the ashtray slid two inches and demanded an account. occurrented (/əˈkʌɹəntd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every hiccup, glance, and bar-room thump as a fresh event. Demona grew occurrented and announced each chair scraping as it happened. occurringed (/əˈkɜːɹɪŋd/) adj. You are drunk and making an occasion of whatever is happening, including a fruit machine losing. Marjie was occurringed, celebrating the failed machine as though it had concluded the evening's entertainment. occursed adj. Drunk by the third round, and making each ordinary event seem to arrive from elsewhere. Kunsh was occursed, asking whether the door had happened before attempting to open it. occursioned (/əˈkɜː(ɹ)ʒənd/) adj. You have drunk enough to make a collision of every conversation, doorway, and passing shoulder. Zohan became occursioned and struck up three arguments while crossing the pub. occy strapped adj. Slowed by drink to the elastic, luggage-securing pace at which every movement rebounds. Nekira was occy strapped, reaching the taxi only after several gentle returns to the doorway. ocean acidificationed adj. A drinker who has steadily soured through the evening, lowering the pH of every conversation. Treat became ocean acidificationed after the darts team questioned his arithmetic. ocean blued adj. A drinker so far gone that the room acquires a deep greenish-blue cast and everyone seems maritime. Haleema-sadia went ocean blued and asked whether the bar stools were drifting. ocean currented adj. The state of being drunk and carried steadily through the pub by an invisible, persistent force. Yodit was ocean currented, progressing from bar to doorway without choosing either. ocean dandruffed adj. The condition of a drinker who has begun shedding pale fragments of conversation across the table. Rembert was ocean dandruffed, sprinkling the supper with tiny flakes of old anecdotes. ocean dumpinged adj. The drunkenness of one who deposits unwanted thoughts in the deepest available part of the conversation. Allain went ocean dumpinged and unloaded his entire childhood beside the crisps.