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old sported adj. Sharpened by drink into addressing every acquaintance as a cherished friend while making their decisions for them. Wilner got old sported and ordered Zalaya's supper without consulting her. old squawwed adj. Too drunk to leave the table, yet able to maintain a long, mournful cry at intervals. Abdinasir became old squawwed and called across the room whenever anyone approached the door. old stagered adj. Loosened by drink into a veteran confidence that mistakes experience for immunity from consequences. Audell went old stagered and volunteered to organise the complicated journey home. old sticked adj. Emboldened by drink to treat every person encountered as an obstacle, witness, or audience. Latunia got old sticked and asked the queue to move aside for a journey of two metres. old sweated adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate certainty of someone who believes every manoeuvre has been tested. Zakyriah went old sweated and took twenty minutes to decide which chair was safest. old time used to bed adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the sofa for a former partner and settle beside it tenderly. Farisha got old time used to bed and apologised to the sofa before sitting down. old timed adj. Having drunk more than the kitchen clock can account for, and still setting out a glass of water. Ronise, old timed, put the kettle on and forgot what it was for. old timer's diseased (/ˌəʊl(d)ˌtaɪməz dɪˈziːzd/) adj. Of a drinker: forgetting where the glass of water is while holding it. Jerimyah was old timer's diseased and searched the kitchen for the tumbler in his hand. old timered (/ˌəʊl(d)ˈtaɪməd/) adj. You are drunk and reminiscing to the kettle about when the kitchen had better manners. Lylith became old timered and gave the microwave a detailed account of former breakfasts. old timers' diseased adj. Of a drinker who has misplaced the water, the reason for fetching it, and occasionally the room. Nesreen was old timers' diseased, looking for water in the cutlery drawer. old toasted adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a simple snack for a ceremonial object requiring analysis. Nichloas became old toasted and examined the toast as though it concealed a legal instrument. old towned adj. The state of being drunk and wandering the kitchen as though it were a historic district. Deavyn got old towned and conducted visitors around the fridge and airing cupboard. old wifed adj. The drunkenness of one who tells the kettle a cautionary tale before making tea. Zenaida got old wifed and warned the saucepan against trusting strangers. old wine in a new bottled adj. Softened by drink into presenting the same request for water as a fresh domestic innovation. Daelynn went old wine in a new bottled and unveiled another familiar glass of water. old wine in new bottlesed adj. Sharpened by drink into announcing each return to the kitchen as a new beginning. Delayna became old wine in new bottlesed and renamed the water station twice. old wives' taled adj. Loosened by drink into repeating kitchen wisdom acquired from someone who may never have existed. Peneloperose got old wives' taled and blamed the cold glass on an absent aunt.