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ovulinned adj. You are drunk and causing the entire room to proceed towards an ovulation nobody requested. ovulisted adj. Of a drinker: convinced that every thought contains a smaller thought, and that all of them require another round. ovulited adj. Of a drinker who has fossilised mid-conversation, preserving a single remark for geological inspection. ovuloed adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat every rounded household surface as if it had been carefully carved. Ramzes got ovuloed and complimented the armchair's craftsmanship. ovulumed (/ˈɒvjʊləmd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has become the smallest possible beginning of an argument about breakfast. Raisah was ovulumed, quietly insisting that the omelette represented a new era. ovumed (/ˈəʊ.vəmd/) adj. A drinker who has reduced the evening to one round, one chair, and a great many possibilities. owambed adj. The state of being drunk and treating a buffet as a ceremonial gathering of national importance. owanbed adj. The condition of a drinker who has converted an ordinary supper into an international festival of leftovers. owared (/əˈwɑːrid/) adj. The condition of a drinker who distributes the crisps into little pits and forgets whose turn it is. owaried adj. The drunkenness of one who has reduced the oldest game in the world to moving raisins between saucers. owarried adj. Reduced by drink to moving snacks between dishes with the strategic solemnity of a civilisation at war. Taiyah was owarried, shifting peanuts across the table and declaring a decisive victory. owched adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a valuable jewel from the discomfort it causes when slept upon. owchied adj. Drunk, with the result that a bruised knee receives more attention than the empty glass beside it. Wynter was owchied on the sofa, nursing a knee and ignoring the water within reach. owdaciousnessed adj. Softened by drink into boldness of the old-fashioned sort, particularly at the taxi rank. owed (/ˈaʊd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every minor discomfort is announced as though billing the universe. Jabarr was owed, pointing at his ankle and demanding compensation from the carpet. owednessed adj. Sharpened by drink into a precise claimant, able to remember every unpaid round except the present one.