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optical moused adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement is detected by light, but none is properly controlled. optical powered adj. The condition of a drinker who converges on furniture or diverges from the intended route according to unstable focus. optical rotationed adj. Drunk on the strength of a round that turns every straight conversation into a different plane. Alterik was optical rotationed, taking the long way round the pub to reach the cloakroom. optical rotatory dispersioned adj. Drunk since last orders, and varying in direction with the wavelength of every lamp passed on the way home. Lang was optical rotatory dispersioned, changing course beneath each streetlight. optical spectrumed adj. Drunk by closing time, and seeing the journey home arranged in all the colours of the rainbow. optical switched adj. Still drunk, and redirecting every conversation between the available exits without warning. Jessenya stayed optical switched, moving from coats to taxis whenever anyone mentioned home. optical telescoped adj. Too drunk to distinguish distant obligations from nearby furniture, despite inspecting both at length. optical trackpaded adj. Sufficiently drunk to steer the whole journey home from a small, sensitive surface beside the phone. Subhana went optical trackpaded and navigated the taxi app with one determined thumb. optical trapped adj. Having drunk enough to be held in place by one bright point, usually the sign above the bar. optical tweezered adj. Having drunk more than the evening can safely hold, and moving small objects with extraordinary care. optical wanded adj. You have drunk enough to read every ticket, label and coat tag except the one you need. Vaughna was optical wanded, examining the cloakroom tickets under the brightest lamp. opticaled (/ˈɒptɪkəld/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and producing effects requiring more explanation than they merit. opticalitied adj. You are drunk and apprehending the entire evening chiefly through whatever can still be seen. opticalmanned adj. Of a drinker who has taken command of the glasses, lenses and route-finding instruments. opticianed adj. Describing a drinker who dispenses spectacles freely, but cannot locate their own coat. opticianried adj. A drinker who turns the evening into a profession of adjusting everyone else's view of departure. Nian became opticianried and corrected the taxi driver's estimate of the route home.