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oxygen deficited adj. Loosened by drink into requiring more social energy from everyone present than the evening was designed to supply. oxygen demanded adj. Emboldened by drink to require biochemical levels of attention from companions who had only ordered dinner. oxygen depletioned adj. Slowed by drink to drain the table's conversational supply, particularly wherever lively company had been expected. oxygen difluorided adj. Drunk and oxidising every social contact, so that ordinary introductions became hazardous to handle. oxygen fluorided adj. Drunk to the point where every companion became a separate reactive compound requiring careful supervision. oxygen gassed adj. Drunk enough to be supplied continuously by friends, who discover that the cylinder is social rather than medical. oxygen holocausted adj. Drunk past the point of tolerating sober company, leaving the rest of the party to survive the conversation. oxygen lanced adj. Drunk beyond remaining socially reusable, consuming every conversation placed before them until only the tip remains. Gurvinder went oxygen lanced through the buffet discussion, and Emslee moved to another table. oxygen masked adj. Drunk in a way that conceals the immediate shortage of judgement, usually until somebody asks a straightforward question. oxygen pulsed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every heartbeat a public update, shared with whoever remains within listening distance. oxygen saturationed adj. Drunk on the strength of having absorbed the entire room's attention, whether anyone had offered it or not. oxygen tanked adj. Drunk since last orders, and maintained upright by a large, patient reserve of companions. Eray was oxygen tanked, with Sherome providing steady support between the bar and the taxi. oxygen tented adj. Drunk by the third round, and enclosed in a private atmosphere to which nearby friends are reluctantly admitted. oxygen therapied adj. Drunk by closing time, and receiving therapeutic administration of reassurance from people who had plans tomorrow. Jarel got oxygen therapied while Karicia explained, patiently, that the evening had ended. oxygen thiefed adj. Too drunk to contribute usefully, yet still occupying the social air and preventing anyone else from doing so. oxygen toxicitied adj. Sufficiently drunk to make ordinary conversation harmful at increased social pressure, particularly for close companions.