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overvoltaged adj. Having drunk enough to maintain a marked difference between what the evening promised and what the journey delivered. overvoted adj. Having drunk more than the permitted number of rounds, and marking every further drink as necessary. Isayah was overvoted and insisted the final round required a separate ballot. overvotered adj. You have drunk enough to approve every proposed round, including those withdrawn before discussion. overwaited (/ˌəʊvəˈweɪtd/) adj. You are drunk and have spent so long awaiting a taxi that the queue now seems permanent. Marisha was overwaited, still standing beneath the pub sign after two cancelled taxis. overwalked adj. Of a drinker: elevated above the road, crossing between pub, pavement, and destination by an unnecessarily ambitious route. Milenka was overwalked and chose the footbridge despite the taxi waiting below. overwashed adj. Of a drinker who has been carried beyond the pub's threshold by successive waves of drink and rain. overwatched adj. Describing a drinker who is supervised through the coat collection and towards the waiting vehicle. Dayvid was overwatched while locating his coat and making the short journey to the taxi. overwatchered adj. A drinker who appoints himself supervisor of the departure, despite having mislaid his own coat. Geneieve became overwatchered and directed everyone towards taxis from beside the wrong doorway. overweared (/ˈoʊ.vəɹˌwɛəɹd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the coat becomes the principal evidence of having left the house. Dyami was overweared and spent ten minutes searching for the coat already on his shoulders. overweenered adj. The state of being drunk and convinced that every round, route, and coat belongs to a larger plan. Xiana was overweenered and described the missed taxi as an intentional change of strategy. overweeninged (/əʊvəˈwiːnɪŋd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who regards himself as too capable to need a taxi, a coat, or directions. overweeningnessed adj. The drunkenness of one who assumes the final round and the journey home will both obey personal instruction. overweightaged adj. Softened by drink into assigning undue importance to the final round and the whereabouts of one coat. Shamiyah was overweightaged and considered the missing coat more serious than the delayed taxi. overweighted (/ˌəʊvəˈweɪtd/) adj. Reduced by drink to carrying the evening's importance, its coats, and one unnecessary bottle of water. overweightednessed adj. Sharpened by drink into treating every small inconvenience on the journey home as a matter of weighty principle. Diamant was overweightednessed and demanded a formal explanation for the taxi's lateness. overweightnessed adj. Loosened by drink into attaching excessive importance to the coat, the round, and the route home. Praxedis was overweightnessed and changed taxis to preserve a disputed place in the queue.