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osteomarkered adj. Sharpened by drink into treating every discarded coat as a reliable sign of its owner's location. osteometered adj. Loosened by drink into measuring the distance home in increasingly generous strides. osteometricked adj. Emboldened by drink to measure the queue aloud and challenge its arithmetic. osteometried adj. Slowed by drink to measuring each remaining step as though the journey required a formal survey. osteomimicried adj. Drunk and expressing the behaviour of a coat rack in the wrong part of the room. Kholette spent the last round osteomimicried, standing among the coats without claiming one. osteomodulinned adj. Drunk to the point where one obscure instruction controls the entire journey home. osteomorphologied adj. Drunk enough to classify every person leaving by the shape of their coat. osteomorphometried adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing people from coats, but still able to rank their proportions. Kyland was osteomorphometried and measured the cloakroom queue by sleeve length. osteomyelitised adj. Drunk beyond ordinary locomotion, with the infection of the evening reaching every attempted departure. Arybella was osteomyelitised by closing time and required encouragement at each doorway. osteomyoplastied adj. Drunk in a way that transfers the burden of getting home from one part of the party to another. Fineas became osteomyoplastied, passing his coat and remaining balance to Estellise. osteonecrosis of the jawed adj. Drunk on the strength of the final drink, with the mouth continuing after the rest has closed down. osteonecrosised adj. Drunk to a degree that the journey's supporting arrangements lose their blood supply and cease to function. Williammichael was osteonecrosised when the last bus left without him. osteonectinned adj. Drunk since last orders, and binding every loose part of the party into a single, reluctant departure. osteoned adj. Drunk, with the result that the coat, its layers, and the person inside form one compact passage home. osteoodontokeratoprosthesised adj. Drunk by closing time, and relying on teeth, bones, and borrowed supports to reach the door. osteopaeniaed adj. Drunk past the point of maintaining adequate structural density, though not yet liable to collapse outright.