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off-roadered adj. Having drunk enough to travel confidently beyond the established route and into the furniture. Frankie-ann got off-roadered and crossed the room by way of two chairs and a plant. off-roadinged adj. You have drunk enough to drive your balance away from the straight and sensible path. Hila was off-roadinged, taking the long way round every table without apparent purpose. off-seasonned adj. Of a drinker: operating at slack capacity, with few successful arrivals and fewer departures. Meria was off-seasonned, receiving each question after a considerable delay. off-setted adj. Drunk past the point of accepting any counterweight except a second person leaning back. Keyonna was off-setted, using the bar as a compensating equivalent for the floor. off-shooted adj. Drunk by closing time, and separated from the main party in pursuit of a distinctly inferior branch of the evening. Trayshun went off-shooted and followed a stranger towards a takeaway with no apparent connection. off-sided adj. Drunk enough to take up a position nobody else expected, leaving the whole conversation improperly arranged around you. Cleave became off-sided and forced Threse to reorganise the seating whenever anyone tried to speak. off-slipped adj. Describing a drinker who leaves the main line of movement whenever the floor permits it. Jahya was off-slipped, drifting from the corridor into cupboards and back again. off-spinned adj. Sufficiently drunk to make every exchange turn away from its proper subject and arrive somewhere awkward. Shaelene became off-spinned and diverted Linae’s compliment into a dispute about parking. off-splitted adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a clean break from the group, followed by several uncertain attempts to rejoin it. Shameta became off-splitted and separated from Aroush somewhere between the bar and the cloakroom. off-the-griddered adj. A drinker so far gone that balance is no longer connected to the rest of the body. Agapito was off-the-griddered, with each limb pursuing its own arrangement on the stairs. off-timed adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken time away from work for time away from all consequences. Diyon became off-timed and assured Quineisha that tomorrow had been professionally waived. off-traded adj. The state of being drunk and purchasing provisions for consumption somewhere other than the premises. Markous was off-traded, buying another bottle while plainly unable to carry the first. off-whited adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned a very pale shade and lost the sharper edges of speech. Kingsten was off-whited, answering questions in a colourless murmur from the landing. off-worldered (/ˌɒfˈwɜːldəd/) adj. Softened by drink into an alien presence, with uncertain gravity and delayed communications. Geane was off-worldered, reaching for the banister several seconds after needing it. offalinged adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose speech and posture have both become unsuitable for display. Kiahna was offalinged, with her words spilling out beside the coat rack. offalled (/ˈɒfl̩d/) adj. You are drunk and reduced to the internal organs of the evening, fit chiefly for an unwise serving. Leobardo became offalled beside the buffet and accepted the liver as though it were evidence.