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overseas territoried adj. Having drunk more than the evening can politically contain, and treating the taxi as a distant dependency. Ozel got overseas territoried and appointed the back seat governor of the journey home. oversecretioned adj. You have drunk enough to produce considerably more enthusiasm, conversation and farewell than the occasion requires. oversedationed adj. You are drunk and already settling into the coat pile as though it were prescribed accommodation. overseered (/ˈəʊvəˌsiːə(ɹ)d/) adj. Of a drinker: supervising the dispersal of the party while being least qualified to leave first. overseeressed adj. Of a drinker who has assumed control of departures, coats and the final round without authorisation. overseerismed adj. Describing a drinker who has placed the entire journey home under personal supervision. Kelissa got overseerismed and demanded progress reports from the waiting taxi. overseershipped adj. A drinker who has accepted the office of overseeing last orders, though nobody appointed them. Alexandar became overseershipped and announced the final round from behind the till. oversegmentationed adj. A drinker so far gone that the route home has divided into too many small, unrelated journeys. overselectioned adj. The state of being drunk and choosing the same coat, taxi and final drink more often than expected. Secilia became overselectioned and repeatedly chose the largest coat from the rack. oversellered adj. The condition of a drinker who has promised the journey home will be brief, simple and entirely manageable. Mistina was oversellered, promising the journey home involved one bus and no stairs. oversended adj. The drunkenness of one who sends a message considerably larger than the evening warrants. oversensationalismed adj. Reduced by drink to describing a missed bus as an event of national significance. oversensinged adj. Softened by drink into detecting every coat, doorway and muscle movement as an urgent signal. Lacoya was oversensinged, treating every departing coat as a last-order emergency. oversensitivenessed adj. Sharpened by drink into taking the refusal of another round as a personal alteration of the weather. Blazej got oversensitivenessed when the barman declined to reopen the till. oversensitivitied adj. Loosened by drink into feeling every departure, coat and closed door with disproportionate precision. oversentimentalismed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a touching reminiscence from an administrative circular, and moved by both.