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obfuscitied adj. Drunk since last orders, and making every simple movement unnecessarily difficult to interpret. Mahaz was obfuscitied, reaching for the latch while explaining three incompatible routes home. obfusticationed adj. Drunk and turning each plain statement into a fog of confident circumlocution. Xandir got obfusticationed and described missing the bus as an intentional change of itinerary. obiaed adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with distinguishing medicine from magic, or either from rum. Derrol was obiaed and prescribed a charm, a tonic, and another round. obicetrapibed adj. Drunk to the point where a medicinal-sounding solution seems appropriate for an ordinary social error. Jacolbi got obicetrapibed and prescribed another round for the group’s failing morale. obidoximed adj. Drunk enough to approach every hazard as though a counteragent were already available. Besma became obidoximed and crossed the slippery pavement with impressive but misplaced confidence. obied (/ˈoʊbid/) adj. You have drunk enough to fasten an imaginary sash round yourself and refuse all further movement. Linard got obied and spent twenty minutes arranging his coat as though it were formal Japanese dress. obiismed adj. Drunk in a way that turns pub accidents into signs, warnings, and instructions. Dat got obiismed and treated a fallen napkin as a warning against leaving early. obijimed adj. Drunk, with the result that every belt, cord, and strap becomes something to wrap round a decision. Devin got obijimed and tied his coat together rather than admitting he had lost the buttons. obiltoxaximabed adj. Drunk to a degree that an unlikely pharmaceutical name sounds like a sound plan. Demarien became obiltoxaximabed and proposed treating the party’s tension with a clinical intervention. obinutuzumabed adj. Drunk to the extent of confidently substituting one unfamiliar remedy for another. Karai got obinutuzumabed and assured everyone that the wrong medicine would probably be fine. obited (/ˈɒbɪtd/) adj. Drunk past the point of merely leaving society, and into the archaic condition of having ceased to trouble it. Wily was obited before pudding, although his hat continued to attend the proceedings. obiter dictumed (/ˌəʊbɪtə ˈdɪktəmd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and issuing unnecessary judgments with the confidence of a bench. Shaphan became obiter dictumed and delivered a ruling on the correct temperature of lager. obiter scriptumed (/ˈɒbɪtɚ ˈskɹɪptəmd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and writing an incidental note that quietly replaces the intended plan. Rowdie got obiter scriptumed and produced a shopping list that became the evening’s governing document. obitered adj. Drunk on the strength of an incidental remark, treated as though it settled the whole matter. Tawayna got obitered and based the evening’s route home on something overheard near the fruit machine. obituarianed adj. Drunk by closing time, and composing solemn notices for plans that have merely been abandoned. Inbar became obituarianed and announced the regrettable passing of tomorrow’s productive morning. obituaried (/əˈbɪt͡ʃʊ(ə)ɹid/) adj. Too drunk to continue, but sufficiently confident to publish a brief account of everything that has gone wrong. Malavika became obituaried and issued a concise notice concerning the death of her timetable.