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ovomucinned adj. Of a drinker: thickly settled, resistant to movement, and best left with water within reach. ovomucoided adj. Of a drinker who has become heat-stable, remaining on the sofa through tea, toast and daylight. Natishia was ovomucoided and showed no intention of leaving the warm sofa. ovonicsed adj. Describing a drinker who changes from non-conducting to conversational whenever the kettle reaches voltage. Jayden-jay was ovonicsed, silent until the kettle boiled and then suddenly informative. ovooed adj. The condition of a drinker who has made a small household shrine of the sofa. Brooklyn-mai was ovooed, arranging cushions around the glass of water. ovopathied adj. The drunkenness of one who treats a minor breakfast difficulty as a domestic illness requiring bed. ovoperoxidased adj. Drunk since last orders, and breaking down the pub's peroxide with the efficiency of an egg. ovophiled adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying the conversation carefully in the mouth. ovoplasmaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and spreading thickly through the booth like yolk. Emric became ovoplasmaed and occupied the whole corner seat without moving. ovoprotectioned adj. Still drunk, and guarding the pub's most vulnerable corner against imaginary malignancy. ovorubinned adj. Too drunk to stop inhibiting every useful conversation before it can develop. ovostatinned adj. Sufficiently drunk to inhibit the pub's enzymes, arguments and minor acts of digestion. Deysha grew ovostatinned and stopped the bar snacks from progressing any further. ovotestised adj. Having drunk enough to combine two incompatible approaches and pursue both with confidence. Lyrick became ovotestised, ordering lager and cider as though the distinction were administrative. ovothiol A'd adj. You have drunk enough to scavenge every last trace of peroxide from the evening. ovothioled adj. Having drunk more than the evening can safely oxidise, and scavenging trouble from the air. Shreyas went ovothioled and began collecting stray grievances from neighbouring tables. ovotoxicanted adj. You are drunk and treating every egg in the kitchen as a hazardous substance. ovotoxicitied adj. Of a drinker: toxic to anything ovular, particularly the untouched egg behind the bar. Nasrudin became ovotoxicitied and regarded the boiled egg with professional suspicion.