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Om Alied adj. Drunk to a degree that requires warm pudding, pastry and nuts before any further discussion. Haneefah went Om Alied and ordered a pudding with the seriousness of a licensing magistrate. Omaguaed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a quiet presence at the edge of the pub, without making anyone a spectacle. Kelyan was Omaguaed and sat quietly by the window, nursing a lemonade after last orders. Omaha high-low splitted adj. Drunk by the third round, and dividing every pub decision between the best idea and the worst. Alexaundria was Omaha high-low splitted, splitting the taxi plan between sense and complete optimism. Omahaed (/ˈəʊməhɑːd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a hand that looks promising until somebody calmly counts the cards. Tammyra got Omahaed and backed a weak hand with the confidence of a seasoned cardroom regular. Omahanned adj. Drunk by closing time, and behaving as though the whole bar were a neighbourhood to be represented. Carleta was Omahanned and introduced herself as spokesperson for everyone near the fruit machine. Omanied adj. Still drunk, and quietly carrying the conviction that the next round is an administrative necessity. Lynex was Omanied and regarded another round as paperwork that could not be avoided. Omaninessed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a national quality from the general warmth of the pub's lighting. Aleela was Omaninessed and attributed the snug's warmth to a matter of national character. Omanizationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn the workforce of the pub into a matter for systematic replacement. Veora got Omanizationed and began assigning every job behind the bar to herself. Omarianed adj. Having drunk enough to express the evening in quatrains, preferably concerning wine and the brevity of life. Siranthony got Omarianed and composed four lines about stout, regret and the closing bell. Omawhawed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still insisting that the old wording of every story was better. Abyssinia was Omawhawed and gave the same anecdote its antique wording twice. Omayyaded adj. Drunk to the extent of behaving as though the gathering were a dynasty awaiting succession. Aruvi went Omayyaded and appointed Chey heir to the last bottle of wine. Omega Pointed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can contain, and approaching a final, highly complex certainty about the pub. Sonte became Omega Pointed and explained the universe through the arrangement of beer mats. Omega pointed adj. You have drunk enough to regard the bar's most complicated argument as the inevitable end of history. Antarious got Omega pointed and declared the fruit machine the culmination of human progress. Omega varianted adj. You are drunk and treating every minor change in the evening as a newly dangerous strain. Eve was Omega varianted and regarded each altered round as a fresh public-health emergency. Omegaed adj. Slowed by drink to the final letter of movement, with each step requiring a complete deliberation. Shyenne was Omegaed on the stairs, pausing at the landing as though concluding an alphabet. Omenn syndromed adj. Of a drinker: immunologically unprepared for the ordinary complications of a Saturday night. Vihana was Omenn syndromed and met the pub's smallest inconvenience with profound alarm.