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oikosed adj. Drunk to the point where the household has become a dynastic institution and the family line requires a toast. Gewel became oikosed and assigned ancestral significance to the neighbour's cat. oikumened adj. Drunk enough to regard the inhabited world as extending precisely to the furthest table currently visible. Reisa became oikumened and attempted to administer the civilized world from the corner booth. oil and watered adj. Drunk beyond coexistence with anyone, separating from every companion on contact and refusing to emulsify. Louis-jacob became oil and watered and maintained a discreet distance from every conversational mixture. oil baronned adj. Drunk in a way that confers private power over crude reserves, pipelines, and the allocation of luncheon. Lashawda grew oil baronned and began granting concessions from the pub's least comfortable chair. oil beetled adj. Drunk, with the result that disturbance produces oily droplets of toxic temper from every joint. Eliezar became oil beetled when asked to move, releasing a small but unmistakable irritability. oil bugged adj. Drunk to a degree that reduces the person to a tiny fossilised presence, observable chiefly by specialists. Zabelle was oil bugged beneath the coat stand, a minor specimen awaiting scholarly recovery. oil burner routed adj. Drunk on the strength of a low-altitude evening, making repeated, unauthorised passes through the conversation. Kindrea went oil burner routed and made several low approaches to the same anecdote. oil burnered adj. Drunk to the extent of sustaining a steady, fuel-fed heat while consuming the room's available oxygen. Karif remained oil burnered in the corner, radiating heat and requiring ventilation. oil caked adj. Drunk since last orders, and pressed into a dense, nutritionally questionable residue best offered to livestock. Elyrose was oil caked on the banquette, compact and unsuitable for further social use. oil canned adj. Describing a drinker who dispenses small, unnecessary quantities of advice at every opportunity. Hridya got oil canned and issued careful instructions about buttering the toast. oil changed adj. Drunk by closing time, and in need of draining, flushing, and replenishment before being returned to service. Lasanda was oil changed by closing and required a taxi rather than further mechanical attention. oil companied adj. Still drunk, and conducting all personal dealings as though they were a petroleum enterprise with a hostile board. Lessley became oil companied and negotiated over the remaining olives with corporate severity. oil downed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a meal from a national dish, yet determined to consume both with ceremonial confidence. Ranita was oil downed and attempted to serve the table from a plate already in use. oil drummed adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a cylindrical container, transportable only with assistance and liable to roll. Ibadah went oil drummed and travelled home horizontally, with limited steering. oil fielded adj. Having drunk enough to identify productive reserves beneath every surface and commence exploratory drilling by conversation. Kamyron became oil fielded and located substantial reserves beneath an otherwise ordinary remark. oil firinged adj. You have drunk enough to burn steadily, generate considerable steam, and mistake boiler pressure for intellectual force. Pierrette became oil firinged and generated steam on the subject of train timetables.