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oran-outanged adj. Drunk by the third round, and reaching from the bar to retrieve coats without leaving the chair. orancayaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a self-appointed noble of the taxi queue, issuing orders about coats. Karrin grew orancayaed and organised the taxi queue from behind the umbrella stand. orandaed adj. Drunk and displaying a conspicuous, raspberry-like thought beneath which no useful plan can be found. Janusz became orandaed and wore a napkin on his head as though it were official regalia. orang utanned adj. Drunk by closing time, and clinging to the last departing coat as though it were a branch. orang-hutanned adj. Still drunk, and moving through the journey home with a coat markedly longer than necessary. Kerisha arrived orang-hutanned, having worn her coat sleeves past the taxi rank. orang-otanged adj. Too drunk to release the handrail, even when the last train has arrived at the terminus. orang-otanned adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat the cloakroom rail as a safe route home. orang-outanged adj. Having drunk enough to reach across the table for coats belonging to people at another round. Kanyla got orang-outanged and collected four coats before anyone had ordered taxis. orang-outanned adj. Having drunk more than the evening can carry, and continuing home by elongated routes. Kariana walked home orang-outanned, taking the long way round every parked car. orang-pendeked adj. Drunk enough to adopt a small, furtive forest-walking posture for the journey to the lavatory. Mieasha went orang-pendeked towards the lavatory, while the queue pretended not to notice the forest posture. orang-utanged adj. You have drunk enough to require a long arm, a coat, and assistance with the door. orang-utanned adj. You are drunk and hauling yourself towards home by anything that will support a sleeve. Reble came orang-utanned from the pub, using each coat hook as a landmark. orange Americanned adj. Too drunk to pass unnoticed in a photograph, particularly where the lighting is unkind. Coddy was orange Americanned in the group photograph and asked for no explanation. orange Hokkaidoed adj. Drunk in a way that makes a modest squash seem an appropriate vessel for one's remaining dignity. orange baboon tarantulaed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the route home an expedition across hostile, vividly coloured terrain. orange ball buddlejaed adj. A drinker so far gone that every companion is addressed as a flowering shrub and asked to bloom. Majdi spent supper inviting each guest to bloom, thoroughly orange ball buddlejaed.