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offbeated (/ˈɒfbiːtd/) adj. Drunk and landing every step on the wrong beat, with admirable consistency. Tarryn was offbeated, turning the staircase into a slow and private percussion line. offbeatnessed adj. Drunk to the point where ordinary coordination has acquired an unmistakably irregular rhythm. Trieste was offbeatnessed, beginning each stair with a pause and ending it elsewhere. offcasted adj. Drunk enough to be rejected by the straight route, the staircase and eventually the furniture. Daeja was offcasted, unable to persuade the stairs that she belonged on them. offchanced adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a remote possibility seem worth announcing to everyone present. Queenisha became offchanced and told Zasha that a television career remained quite possible. offcomed adj. Of a drinker: liable to come off the barstool in stages, with the coat arriving first. Ledra came offcomed at closing time, leaving the stool to make its own arrangements. offcomered adj. Of a drinker who has arrived recently enough to mistake the cloakroom for the bar. Willona was offcomered and asked the cloakroom attendant which way the pub was. offcumdened adj. Describing a drinker who has become an outsider to the route home, despite knowing the town perfectly well. Drequan went offcumdened after leaving the pub and followed a delivery van towards the ring road. offcutted (/ˈɒfkʌtd/) adj. A drinker who has been cut from the party but remains surplus to every available taxi. Kenitha was offcutted when the last taxi filled, so she joined another group heading east. offcuttered adj. Drunk on the strength of rapid sideways diversions, leaving companions to recover the original subject. Tomisha became offcuttered and repeatedly moved the conversation away from whatever Eloize had asked. offcuttinged adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey home has become the spare piece left after all useful plans are trimmed away. Jacks was offcuttinged by closing time, an unwanted remainder beside the taxi rank. offed (/ɒfd/) adj. Drunk past the point of beginning anything, including the journey home. Lovada got offed and treated the first step towards the door as an ambitious opening move. offence taken into considerationed adj. The condition of a drinker who has admitted several small incidents and expects them to count less at the taxi rank. Iyaunna was offence taken into considerationed after admitting to three disputed coat-room incidents. offence to be taken into considerationed adj. The drunkenness of one who has accepted that the extra round will be recorded, but not fully punished. Florentyna was offence to be taken into considerationed when the group reviewed the bill. offenced adj. The state of being drunk and taking personal exception to the announcement of last orders. Jenascia became offenced when the barman rang the bell and stopped serving. offencelessnessed adj. Reduced by drink to apologising to everyone, including the coat stand, for having caused no offence. Kasside became offencelessnessed and apologised to the doorman for an entirely uneventful departure. offendanted adj. Softened by drink into accepting responsibility for the abandoned round and the damaged timetable. Maymunah was offendanted and paid for the round nobody remembered ordering.