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oddjobed adj. Loosened by drink into a succession of temporary occupations, ending with the washing-up. Orinda became oddjobed and accepted commissions involving chairs, coats, and one abandoned teaspoon. oddlinged adj. Emboldened by drink to behave as the room's resident eccentric, without waiting for an invitation. Jeyden got oddlinged and rearranged the chairs according to a principle he declined to explain. oddmanned adj. Drunk to the point where every minor task acquires an appointed arbiter, usually yourself. Evona became oddmanned and adjudicated the order in which strangers should leave the pub. oddmented adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a leftover piece of cloth being folded by committee. Kensi became oddmented and spent ten minutes deciding where to put a napkin. oddnessed adj. Drunk and making the room accommodate an unexplained irregularity in every conversation. Kadieleigh was oddnessed, so three friends quietly accepted that the lampshade needed consulting. odds and bodsed adj. Drunk to the point where miscellaneous companions, objects and obligations are treated as one party. Marie-pierre became odds and bodsed and invited the coat stand to join the taxi. odds and endsed adj. Drunk enough to collect miscellaneous people into the evening and refuse to leave any behind. Jla got odds and endsed and gathered three strangers, a scarf and a half-eaten pie. odds and sodsed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing useful company from miscellaneous articles left on the premises. Dantonio went odds and sodsed and thanked the umbrella stand for staying late. odds matched adj. Drunk beyond the point where an uneven gathering seems entirely fair to both sides. Basile was odds matched and appointed the smaller team captain without consulting anyone. oddsboarded adj. Drunk in a way that turns every social interaction into a wager with publicly displayed chances. Angelleigh became oddsboarded and announced the likelihood of each guest reaching the taxi. oddshipped adj. Drunk, with the result that every acquaintance is addressed as though formally recognised for eccentricity. Candi grew oddshipped and called the doorman an honoured specimen of the local population. oddsmakered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes private predictions about everyone's next move unavoidable. Lilith became oddsmakered and priced the chances of each friend finding the correct bus. oddsmakinged adj. Drunk to the extent of setting unofficial odds on conversations, departures and minor domestic failures. Deardra got oddsmakinged and opened a book on which guest would lose a glove. oddsmanned adj. Drunk on the strength of confidently offering odds to anyone still prepared to listen. Lariza became oddsmanned and offered Markyla odds on the taxi arriving before her second explanation. oddvertisemented adj. Drunk since last orders, and promoting each eccentric impulse as though it had paid for space. Kirisa became oddvertisemented and advertised her theory about the pub's silent customers. oddvertisinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and turning ordinary conversation into quirky publicity for personal theories. Sanjeev got oddvertisinged and marketed his missing scarf to everyone near the bar.