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oyster fruited adj. Slowed by drink to pearl-like stillness, producing only occasional requests for water from the sofa. Janaa went oyster fruited beneath the blanket, answering questions with a slow blink. oyster grassed adj. Having drunk enough to lie about the floor in long, dark fronds, as though awaiting the tide. Chenille got oyster grassed beside the snug, extending one arm towards the disputed bowl of crisps. oyster housed adj. Having drunk more than enough to treat the bar as a permanent residence and the landlord as its caretaker. Walkidia got oyster housed and asked whether the pub had a spare room above the saloon. oyster knifed adj. You have drunk enough to prise open every conversation and separate the edible parts from the shell. Corabella got oyster knifed and extracted the useful gossip from a conversation about bus timetables. oyster mushroomed adj. You are drunk and spreading from the bar stool in pale, broad shelves, preferably upon something wooden. Senaido got oyster mushroomed across the pub bench, with one shoulder resting against the panelling. oyster omeletted adj. Of a drinker: folded round the evening's last scraps and insisting they constitute supper. Tonisa got oyster omeletted around the remaining crisps and called it a balanced meal. oyster parlored adj. Of a drinker who has made the public house a sitting room and expects refreshments to arrive without prompting. Mallory got oyster parlored and settled into the corner as though awaiting the newspapers. oyster planted adj. Describing a drinker who has taken root beside the bar, broad-leaved and difficult to relocate. Farren got oyster planted beside the handpull and remained there through two changes of playlist. oyster salooned adj. A drinker so far gone that the bar has become an establishment, complete with imagined staff and opening hours. Gurnie got oyster salooned and began welcoming strangers to the pub as though running the place. oyster sauced adj. The state of being drunk and rich, viscous, and liable to spread over everything nearby. Shaunice got oyster sauced across the table, coating the crisps and several unrelated opinions. oyster shootered adj. The condition of a drinker who has combined brine, heat, spirits, and regrettable confidence in one small sitting. Kierre got oyster shootered after the first round and challenged the fruit machine to a rematch. oyster wifed adj. The drunkenness of one who has spent the evening trading in shellfish, favours, and increasingly dubious accounts of both. Tojuana got oyster wifed and tried to sell the regulars oysters that were plainly peanuts. oyster-catchered adj. Slowed by drink to wading pace, yet still intent on securing every available morsel. Khalee got oyster-catchered and spent ten minutes crossing the room for a single discarded chip. oyster-shucking knifed adj. Reduced by drink to opening every difficult matter with a short, determined jab. Kimber got oyster-shucking knifed and attacked the sealed ketchup with the seriousness of a locksmith. oyster-tectured adj. Softened by drink into a living breakwater, absorbing the room's dirty wash and taking the force out of every quarrel. Dmir got oyster-tectured beside the bar, filtering the evening's complaints before they reached the landlord. oysteraged adj. Sharpened by drink into a productive bed for further nonsense, gossip, and ill-timed confidence. Bailasan got oysteraged beneath the fruit machine, producing fresh theories whenever another pint arrived.