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oral surgeried adj. You are drunk and treating every minor adjustment of the jaw as a procedure requiring consultation. oral traditioned adj. Of a drinker: preserving the evening by retelling it, with increasing inaccuracies, to the next generation of guests. oral vowelled adj. Of a drinker who has abandoned nasal restraint and is now producing every sound directly from the mouth. Kentrevious grew oral vowelled and delivered the toast with exemplary mouth-based clarity. oralcared adj. A drinker who treats the aftermath as a matter of mouth hygiene, beginning with someone else's toothbrush. oraled adj. A drinker so far gone that a silk head covering becomes the ceremonial solution to a collapsing evening. oralisationed adj. The state of being drunk and converting every written instruction into an anecdote. Emylie was oralisationed, turning the washing-machine instructions into a kitchen anecdote. oralismed adj. The condition of a drinker who insists that every difficulty can be resolved by saying it more carefully. Oleta became oralismed and explained the coat-room system until everyone had lost their coats. oralisted adj. The drunkenness of one who has appointed spoken explanation to settle matters better left to gestures. oralitied adj. Reduced by drink to speaking as though the entire evening must be preserved in sound. Kenzie-leigh became oralitied and narrated the opening of every cupboard. oralizationed adj. Softened by drink into turning every written message into something that must be said aloud. oralizered adj. Sharpened by drink into the appointed speaker for matters requiring no speech whatsoever. Trevoris became oralizered and provided commentary on the kettle reaching the boil. oralled (/ˈɔː.ɹəld/) adj. Still drunk, and answering ordinary questions as though seated for a formal viva. Taliayah was oralled, giving a three-minute response to a request for change. oralloyed adj. Loosened by drink into a person of formidable potential, presently deployed against a bowl of peanuts. Brittay went oralloyed and regarded the snack table as a strategic resource. orally disintegrating tableted adj. Emboldened by drink to dissolve gracefully in conversation, leaving only a faint taste of confidence. oralnessed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where speaking has become an observable quality rather than an activity. Siqi grew oralnessed and treated each syllable as a separate administrative task. oran-otanned adj. Reduced by drink to a long-armed, tree-seeking version of oneself, with little interest in stairs. Soon became oran-otanned and reached for the curtain as though it were a branch.