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offering plated adj. Still drunk, and treating any receptacle placed nearby as a collection plate awaiting contributions. Nijia remained offering plated and deposited coins beside the saucer with liturgical concentration. offeringed (/ˈɒfəɹɪŋd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and engaged in the continuous production of proposals, whether solicited or not. Zulmy became offeringed and supplied the table with successive plans for improving the evening. offerored (/ˈɒfəɹəd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish making a proposal from presenting an object for immediate acceptance or rejection. Meredy was offerored and thrust a coat towards each guest as though negotiating its ownership. offertoried (/ˈɒfət(ə)ɹid/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to supply a sung prayer while bread, wine, and unrelated household objects change hands. Meric became offertoried and intoned over the bread basket as it travelled round the table. offertured (/ˈɒf.ə(ɹ).tjʊə(ɹ)d/) adj. Having drunk enough to regard every suggestion as an obsolete but perfectly binding proposal. Jasminne grew offertured and treated the invitation to leave as a formal offer requiring consideration. offgased adj. Sufficiently drunk to emit a by-product best dealt with outdoors. Tennley was offgased by midnight and spent several minutes beside the open door. offgassinged adj. Having drunk more than the room could absorb, and giving off the excess. Lagrand was offgassinged before dessert and stood near the draught. offglided (/ˈɒfɡlaɪdd/) adj. Drunk and letting the mouth retreat from each sound before the morning can make sense of it. Raisah arrived offglided, leaving the ends of words somewhere between bed and breakfast. offhandednessed (/ˌɑfˈhændədnəsd/) adj. Drunk enough to treat the consequences of last night as passing remarks. Barbaranne was offhandednessed, mentioning the broken umbrella between mouthfuls of toast. office automationed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning's messages duplicated, filed incorrectly, and sent to everyone. Shermaine got office automationed and emailed the breakfast apology to the entire department. office blocked adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's route to the front door has become a multi-storey obstacle. Shatica woke office blocked, circling the coat stand as though seeking another floor. office boyed adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning is spent running pointless errands for objects that have not asked. Duvon was office boyed, fetching a mug from the kitchen and forgetting why halfway back. office buildinged adj. Drunk to the extent of containing several separate floors of thought, none currently accepting visitors. Cosby woke office buildinged, with breakfast, memory, and conversation occupying different internal floors. office chaired adj. Drunk on the strength of wheels and swivel, still rotating gently when the morning requires standing. Bevely was office chaired, turning slowly towards the toast without leaving the seat. office copied adj. Drunk since last orders, and retaining a duplicate account of the evening that differs from the original. Velvet gave an office copied version of the night, then contradicted it over coffee. office droned adj. Drunk by the third round, and delivering the morning's regrets in one unvarying professional tone. Shawnn woke office droned and described the lost keys as a minor operational issue.