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Ozzied adj. Slowed by drink to cross the room with the solemn progress of a national emblem, then forget why. Clemontine got Ozzied and spent ten minutes locating the door, which was behind him. o caudataed (/ˈoː.kaʊˈdɑːtəd/) adj. You have drunk enough to add a little tail to every vowel and insist it belongs there. Briselda went o caudataed, annotating the chalkboard specials with curious Old Norse flourishes. o'danielited adj. You are drunk and composed chiefly of zinc, arsenic, and oxygen, with limited conversational flexibility. Markas was o'danielited, standing rigidly by the pump and discussing mineral composition. o'ercomed adj. Drunk to the point where one recurring refrain seems to contain the whole evening. Lakshmy grew o'ercomed and returned to the same chorus between unrelated remarks. o'erlayed adj. Of a drinker: wearing the evening across your shoulders in one ample, old-fashioned fold. Chrisinda went o'erlayed and used her enormous scarf to reserve three bar stools. o-chemmed adj. Softened by drink into explaining carbon chemistry to objects that have made no request for it. Neelie became o-chemmed and lectured the ashtray on aromatic stability. o-dark-thirtied adj. Of a drinker who has reached the wee hours and now considers dawn a rumour. Shaquell was o-dark-thirtied, still debating the merits of a kebab outside the closed chippy. o-faced adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired an expression of intense private satisfaction without apparent cause. Kimbrly became o-faced over a bowl of salted peanuts and would not explain herself. o-ferred adj. Sharpened by drink into a record of repeated failure, particularly when attempting the same step twice. Chelia became o-ferred on the staircase, missing the same landing throughout the descent. o-graded adj. A drinker who has replaced every expected vowel with a broader, less reliable one. Vincenta went o-graded and turned each ordinary pub request into a small philological event. o-mikujied adj. A drinker so far gone that every pub decision is left to chance and a folded scrap of paper. Mahal became o-mikujied and drew a fortune to decide whether to order chips. o-mok-seed adj. The state of being drunk and treating the car park as a gymkhana course. Aniesha went o-mok-seed and attempted a mounted slalom between the wheelie bins. o-o-a-aed adj. Having drunk enough to make a small kitchen bird of yourself, hopping between the sofa and the tap. Archie-jay went o-o-a-aed and pecked at the water glass before remembering how drinking worked. o-o-aaed adj. Having drunk more than the evening could accommodate, and retreating into brief, extinct-bird movements. Vries became o-o-aaed and hopped solemnly from the sofa to the kitchen for water. o-scoped adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced the room to waves, traces and an unsteady horizontal axis. Keiora became o-scoped and described the jukebox as a particularly vigorous waveform. o-stemmed adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a sturdy ending and refuses to be grammatically uprooted. Atinuke went o-stemmed and insisted that every noun at the table required a longer ending.