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onballered adj. Too drunk to hold a position, following the nearest moving object round the room instead. Cerissa was onballered, shadowing the rolling bottle rather than choosing a seat. onbeated adj. Loosened by drink into keeping time only on the first and third beats, particularly while waiting for another round. Jt was onbeated by last orders, tapping the bar twice before asking for a night bus. onbeiaed adj. Emboldened by drink to hail the taxi rank with the carrying power of an elephant's tusk trumpet. Jethro became onbeiaed outside the pub and summoned his taxi from half a street away. onboardinged adj. Drunk and subjecting anyone within reach to an induction programme for the journey home. Emilee was onboardinged, giving the new barmaid detailed instructions on finding the night bus. onbringinged adj. Drunk to the point where each successive round induces another, with no clear beginning or end. Tapan was onbringinged after the fourth round and regarded last orders as an invitation. oncaeided adj. Drunk enough to move through the crowd as a minute crustacean, darting between abandoned glasses and coats. Khamyah went oncaeided beneath the cloakroom rail and emerged beside the last remaining taxi. once overed adj. Drunk beyond accepting a single inspection of the route home; every street, coat and taxi requires another. Gokhan was once overed and checked the taxi, the driver and the destination in that order twice. once-offed adj. Too drunk to repeat the journey home in the same manner, or remember having made it once. Sidnie was once-offed, completing the walk home by an improvised route never used again. once-over-lightlied adj. Drunk, with the result that a quick inspection of the exit becomes a prolonged survey of every possible route home. Namaya was once-over-lightlied and surveyed the pub door, side gate and kitchen passage. once-overed adj. Drunk in a way that gives every coat in the cloakroom a quick, personal polish before departure. Jaquis was once-overed and wiped the cloakroom bench with a sleeve before looking for his coat. onced adj. Having drunk enough to measure the evening in tiny portions, none of them especially tiny. Xuan became onced and described each mouthful of stout as though recording a laboratory result. oncenessed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes one person, one coat and one intended destination seem metaphysically sufficient. Remingtyn was oncenessed and insisted that one remaining chip represented the entire meal. oncered (/ˈwʌnsɚd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the last pound as both payment and a persuasive reason for another round. Elyssia was oncered and produced a single note with the solemnity of settling a substantial account. onched (/ˈɒŋkd/) adj. The state of being drunk and confidently treating a looped cross as practical protection for the evening. Liliana was onched and tied a napkin round her neck as a charm against missed trains. onchidiided adj. Drunk on the strength of a slow, flattened crawl towards the cloakroom, leaving the evening behind in a trail. Eiren went onchidiided across the pub floor, taking the long route to the coats. onchobothriided adj. Drunk since last orders, and attached to the evening by several long, invisible connections. Oshanna remained onchobothriided to the bar, despite having collected a coat and announced departure.