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oozed (/ʉːzd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and steeped in the evening until you have acquired its colour and flavour. Illana was thoroughly oozed by closing time and selected her taxi according to its shade. oozelled adj. Too drunk to stop singing from the garden, despite the household's repeated requests for silence. oozied adj. Too drunk to guide anyone home, but still attempting to train the elephants in the coatroom. oozinessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire a soft, spreading disposition and occupy the nearest available seat. oozinged adj. Having drunk enough to become a source of seepage: chiefly of loose change, plans and directions. Lanautica was oozinged by the third round, with every proposed route leaking into another. oozled adj. Having drunk more than the evening can hold, producing sudden bursts of colour wherever you are set down. oozlum birded adj. You have drunk enough to travel backwards or in circles, particularly between the pub and the taxi rank. oozooided adj. You are drunk and reproducing the evening by budding: one conversation, excuse or departure at a time. Naziah became oozooided, budding fresh farewells whenever the taxi seemed ready. op arted adj. Of a drinker: seeing the room move in geometric patterns, especially near the coat hooks. Ellie-maye got op arted and watched the taxi rank rearrange itself into vivid angles. op shopped adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a complete outfit from the lost-property rail and paid very little attention. Jamikka went op shopped and left wearing two donated coats, neither belonging to her. op-amped adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation is amplified, filtered and fed back into the next round. op-edded (/ˈɒpˌɛdd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has signed an opinion on the journey home and refuses editorial correction. op-shopped adj. Describing a drinker who has assembled the journey home from second-hand directions and borrowed clothing. Kenylah got op-shopped and departed in a borrowed scarf following three conflicting directions. opabinided adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired many limbs, no clear direction and a preference for moving sideways. Hermond became opabinided and negotiated the narrow doorway with several unnecessary limbs. opacificationed adj. Drunk since last orders, and making every explanation cloudy before it reaches its conclusion. Jasianna became opacificationed and rendered the licensing discussion indistinct by paragraph three. opacifiered adj. Drunk by the third round, and chemically committed to making every discussion opaque. Olan grew opacifiered and rendered the committee's simple question materially less transparent.