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oxepined adj. Drunk and circling the same subject with three increasingly unlikely explanations. Garvit got oxepined and supplied three explanations for why his pint had moved. oxepinned adj. Emboldened by drink to make three separate approaches to the same person. Brendolyn went oxepinned and crossed the bar three times to renew one acquaintance. oxepinoned adj. Drunk to the point where every soft remark produces a sharp reaction. oxepinoxied adj. Drunk enough to carry one hard central grievance through an otherwise loose evening. oxered adj. You are drunk and facing two rails, with the solemnity of a steeplechase and the judgement of neither. Xeng approached the flowerbed oxered, as though it were a national sporting obstacle. oxetacained adj. Of a drinker: rendered locally insensible, though regrettably not to the presence of the bill. oxetaned adj. Of a drinker who has arranged the evening into a four-membered ring, with the oxygen somehow still inside. oxetanyled adj. Describing a drinker who has become a mere appendage to every compound proposition in the room. oxeted adj. A drinker who has acquired a double bond between confidence and the nearest unsuitable decision. Evalisa went oxeted and crossed the room with one unaccountable, irreversible intention. oxetened adj. A drinker so far gone that every small room acquires a double bond, usually involving the lavatory. Camryn became oxetened and treated the narrow hallway as a matter of structural importance. oxethazained adj. The state of being drunk and locally insensible, particularly to the argument one has just made. Gillermina was oxethazained and could no longer feel the force of her own political theory. oxetoroned adj. The condition of a drinker who has treated a headache by developing a separate and more ceremonial one. Tamekka was oxetoroned, treating a hangover by giving it a ceremonial headache. oxetosed adj. The drunkenness of one who has folded the evening into four corners and misplaced the centre. Manon was oxetosed, conducting a square conversation with the same person at each corner. oxeye daisied adj. Loosened by drink into a sprawling roadside flower, with no remaining interest in cultivation. Jalun oxeye daisied beside the roadside, sprawling confidently where cultivation had clearly been abandoned. oxeyed adj. Softened by drink into a broad-eyed bloom, chiefly when confronted with a plate of chips. Rangi grew oxeyed at the sight of the buffet and addressed it with botanical gratitude. oxfendazoled (/ɒksˈfɛndəzəʊld/) adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge invisible worms, minor authorities, and eventually the coat stand.