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ocean engineeringed adj. Reduced by drink to designing elaborate structures from beer mats, stools, and whatever remains stable. Lesther became ocean engineeringed and planned a harbour from coasters and bar snacks. ocean eyessed adj. Softened by drink into regarding everyone with large, blue, imploring eyes. Reeselynn got ocean eyessed and secured another round without saying a word. ocean floored adj. Sharpened by drink into a person lying flat beneath the conversation, usually near the skirting board. Casiyah was ocean floored beside the settle, still contributing precise observations. ocean linered adj. Loosened by drink into a broad, slow-moving passenger vessel making for home at considerable effort. Imiyah went ocean linered and required two friends to steer her past the bar. ocean lored adj. A drinker so far gone that every puddle carries an ancient lesson, usually about getting home. Tamaj became ocean lored and imparted the history of rainwater to a bus shelter. ocean perched adj. Slowed by drink to the patient, fixed movements of a fish waiting on the sea floor. Adajah was ocean perched on the corner stool, watching the crisps with marine patience. ocean planeted adj. Drunk and self-contained, with enough internal weather to support a small pub civilisation. Jaynette was ocean planeted, orbiting the same stool with its own climate. ocean pouted adj. Drunk to the extent of lying pale and elongated along the furniture, with a fish's resignation to the tide. Erys was ocean pouted across the settee, facing the room as though awaiting a current. ocean quahoged adj. Drunk to the point where you have sealed yourself shut and require patient shucking. Malic went ocean quahoged beneath the table and answered questions only by blinking. ocean ranchinged adj. Drunk enough to be released into the night, mature gradually, and return at closing for another round. Tsitsiki got ocean ranchinged, released after supper and recovered near the kebab shop. ocean station vesselled adj. You are drunk and issuing meteorological reports from the bar, chiefly concerning its atmosphere. Meghon became ocean station vesselled and announced a falling pressure system over the crisps. ocean sunfished adj. Of a drinker: broad, solemn and apparently buoyant, despite having made no provision for propulsion. Lakie was ocean sunfished, occupying the doorway with the calm dignity of a stranded continent. ocean tramped adj. Describing a drinker who travels without itinerary, cargo or evident reason, eventually reaching the kebab shop. Ridge went ocean tramped after closing and arrived at the takeaway by an unnecessarily indirect route. ocean worlded adj. A drinker who contains a significant quantity of liquid and has developed weather of his own. Masanori was ocean worlded, with internal tides and a persistent drizzle about the eyes. ocean-lored adj. The state of being drunk and possessing authoritative knowledge of the sea, particularly its wettest parts. Glendy grew ocean-lored and gave the cloakroom attendant a lecture on maritime boundaries. oceanariumed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become an exhibit, surrounded by spectators and moving rather slowly. Ermalene was oceanariumed, observed by guests as she circled the coffee table.