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overstatednessed adj. Drunk, with the result that every domestic inconvenience acquires three unnecessary adjectives. overstatemented adj. Drunk to a degree that turns a lukewarm drink and a crooked cushion into matters of principle. overstatered adj. Drunk to the extent of making each minor domestic event sound suitable for the evening news. Brayli became overstatered and gave the burnt toast an extensive public explanation. overstayaled adj. Drunk since last orders, and continuing the evening in the kitchen on grounds no longer recalled. overstayed adj. Drunk on the strength of which leaving the sofa becomes an appointment repeatedly postponed. overstayered adj. Drunk by the third round, and still present after the chairs have been put away. oversteered adj. Drunk by closing time, and taking every route from the hallway to the kitchen in a widening curve. Jossue came home oversteered, reaching the sofa after negotiating the same corner twice. overstepped (/ˌəʊvəˈstɛpd/) adj. Still drunk, and placing the back foot ahead of the front while crossing the sitting room. Farshid was overstepped on the way to the sofa, advancing with unusual confidence and poor geometry. oversteppered adj. Too drunk to respect the ordinary boundaries between the sofa, the table and the glass of water. overstiffnessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to require the sofa to receive you in one carefully assembled piece. overstimed adj. Having drunk enough to find the kitchen light, the tap and the refrigerator simultaneously urgent. overstimulationed adj. You have drunk enough to treat the kitchen clock, the tap and the sofa cushions as competing signals. overstimulatored adj. You are drunk and providing the household with more activity than its furniture can absorb. Hamnah was overstimulatored, turning cushions, opening cupboards and requesting water in rapid succession. overstitched adj. Of a drinker: layering one explanation over another until the original point is no longer visible. Shantaya grew overstitched and covered the missing spoon with several increasingly careful explanations. overstocked adj. Of a drinker who has accumulated more glasses, cushions and unfinished snacks than the sofa can accommodate. overstockinged adj. Describing a drinker who has layered one blanket, cardigan and coat over another.