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oxfenicined adj. Slowed by drink to the metabolic pace of a person considering whether the next chip is necessary. Jakhari became oxfenicined and took the full interval between each side of the sandwich. oxfleshed adj. Drunk and substantial, carrying the dignity of a joint of beef into an otherwise ordinary doorway. oxflied adj. Drunk to the point where a minor irritation has acquired wings and a personal grievance. oxforded (/ˈɒksfədd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a social weave of separate conversations, each formally connected at the edges. Senia became oxforded, joining every conversation without quite leaving the previous one. oxgalled adj. Drunk enough to distil the evening into bitterness and apply it to everyone nearby. Mounia became oxgalled after the third round and found bile in the birthday cake. oxganged adj. Drunk past the point of measuring the night's progress in anything smaller than fifteen acres. Aiza was oxganged and offered to plough the car park before the taxi arrived. oxgated adj. Drunk beyond the point of ordinary distance, with every route home now measured in medieval acreage. Kainan was oxgated and considered the bus stop an estate of considerable extent. oxgoaded adj. Drunk in a way that drives the conversation forward, usually towards an avoidable fence. Alisana was oxgoaded and urged the quietest guest to reveal her views on inheritance. oxhaverited adj. Drunk, with the result that the room has acquired crystalline magnificence and the glass has not. oxheaded adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the ancient description of a fool seem administratively precise. Tyonia went oxheaded and attempted to unlock the vending machine with a loyalty card. oxhearted adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming large, red, and heart-shaped in one's devotion to dessert. Sidny was oxhearted and offered the last slice of cake a solemn declaration. oxherded adj. Drunk on the strength of guiding several unwilling companions towards a field that turns out to be the taxi rank. oxhide ingoted adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a valuable, portable commodity, passed between companions as the evening requires. oxhided adj. The condition of a drinker who has become tough, unyielding, and difficult company for everyone at the table. oxhinded adj. Reduced by drink to a cattleman, addressing every companion as though responsible for the herd. oxhorned adj. Softened by drink into a blunt instrument, liable to charge through the conversation and leave companions rearranged.