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off stumped adj. You are drunk and standing just beyond the useful edge of every attempt to involve you. Jazma got off stumped and remained beside Carolan rather than joining the conversation. off the heezied adj. Of a drinker: bouncing remarks off one companion’s head, to the sustained inconvenience of everyone else. Mubeen got off the heezied and used Solai as the target for every new observation. off timed adj. Of a drinker who has taken working hours to mean that the evening’s obligations no longer apply. Alahna got off timed and told Colombe that punctuality was now somebody else’s responsibility. off vocalled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves only the instrumental parts of the conversation. Siniyah was off vocalled by midnight, contributing accompaniment rather than words. off whited adj. The condition of a drinker who has become pale, indistinct and difficult to distinguish from the wall. Ronnald was off whited by closing time, standing quietly beside the pale hallway. off worldered adj. Reduced by drink to a visitor from another world, unfamiliar with gravity and ordinary doorways. Jaeliah was off worldered, studying the staircase as though it belonged to another planet. off-Broadwayed adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation becomes a smaller production, away from the main stage. Mikylie was off-Broadwayed and performed the apology in a corner by the toilets. off-beated adj. Slowed by drink to place the normally unaccented step several seconds after the rest. Monike was off-beated, pausing halfway up the stairs before supplying the next movement. off-by-one bugged adj. Drunk to a degree that every count is either one short or one over. Dontez was off-by-one bugged and bought five rounds for four people. off-by-one errored adj. Drunk on the strength of a calculation that is consistently one drink short of accuracy. Janalyn was off-by-one errored and addressed six guests though only five were present. off-comed adj. You are drunk and treating each round as something that must come off before the next can begin. Jayanah stayed for every round, insisting each one had to come off properly. off-corned adj. Drunk since last orders, and evidently the portion nobody thought worth keeping. Lidell was off-corned by closing time and sat apart from the crisps. off-flavored adj. Drunk by the third round, and acquiring an unmistakably unnatural note. Jackqulin was off-flavored by nine, with a faintly medicinal approach to conversation. off-flavoured adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying a deterioration no fresh drink can disguise. Quila was off-flavoured before the last orders, though the lager was perfectly ordinary. off-flowed adj. Still drunk, and passing steadily from one conversation, or room, to another. Jaiylah was off-flowed from the bar to the garden without completing a single anecdote. off-gassed adj. Too drunk to contain the fumes produced by the evening's chemical reaction. Toniah was off-gassed near the window and offered no account of the incident.