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oogruked adj. Too drunk to distinguish a crowded pub from a bearded seal on an Arctic shore. Norian was oogruked and attempted conversation with a coat by the radiator. oohed (/uːd/) adj. Having drunk more than was prudent, and responding to the changing room with a series of reverent noises. Zaymir went oohed and greeted the vending machine with quiet admiration. oohered adj. You have drunk enough to become one who expresses astonishment at ordinary household objects. Deyontae was oohered, discovering the toilet handle with ceremonial amazement. oohinged adj. You are drunk and producing a sustained sound of wonder at the prospect of another round. ooided (/ˈoʊˌɔɪdd/) adj. Of a drinker: reduced to a small, coated grain, rolling steadily along the seafloor of the carpet. Lezley was ooided, circling the coffee table beneath a respectable mineral coating. oojaed adj. Of a drinker who has forgotten the name of the thingy, and now regards naming it as beneath the occasion. Octavio was oojaed and pointed at the umbrella stand throughout the discussion. oojah capivvied (/ˌuːdʒɑː kəˈpɪvid/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every object has become a whatsit of national importance. Abhiroop was oojah capivvied, presenting the remote as evidence in a formal inquiry. oojah-cum-pivvied adj. The state of being drunk and unable to name the object required for the immediate removal of gravy. oojahed adj. Describing a drinker who can identify every object except the one currently in hand. Anaria was oojahed and asked for the thingy while holding it plainly. oojamaflipped adj. The condition of a drinker who has forgotten a name but retained the conviction that everyone else knows it. oojared adj. Drunk by the third round, and referring to every object as a thingy until last orders. oojibooed adj. The drunkenness of one who has reduced the entire material world to one serviceable word: thingy. Lucynda was oojibooed and requested the thingy beside the other thingy. ookie cookied adj. Reduced by drink to a solemn participant in an activity whose chief equipment is a biscuit. ookineted adj. Softened by drink into a motile zygote, proceeding purposefully towards an unsuitable wall. ookpiked adj. Sharpened by drink into a stuffed owl, alert in appearance and entirely incapable of flight. Jomei was ookpiked, perched beside the fire and refusing all suggestions of bed. ookrooed adj. Reduced by drink to a soft suspension of person, purpose and vegetable matter. Juraj was ookrooed by closing time and required guidance towards the pavement.