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phyzoged adj. Softened by drink into believing every face in the room is approachable, familiar, and available for conversation. pi bonded adj. Reduced by drink to treating one companion as permanently joined, to that companion's regret. pi fonted adj. Softened by drink into communicating chiefly through symbols, gestures, and unexplained marks. pi mesonned adj. Sharpened by drink into an archaic conversational particle that nobody else can place. Heda became pi mesonned and addressed Laetitia in a formal register throughout supper. pi minused adj. Drunk and persistently negative, drawing every nearby companion into the same small orbit of complaint. pi plussed adj. Drunk enough to convert every companion's ordinary remark into an occasion for enthusiastic agreement. pi saied (/ˌpiː˨ ˈsaɪ˦˨d/) adj. Loosened by drink into a stubborn nasal obstruction, defended as a point of principle. Aleix was pi saied, while Tukker discreetly supplied tissues and changed the subject. pi-dogged adj. Emboldened by drink to approach strangers with the confidence of a dog that has appointed itself local authority. Aidric got pi-dogged and inspected every visitor before permitting conversation. pi-heptominoed adj. Emboldened by drink to persist through a remarkably long sequence of social collisions. Adriam was pi-heptominoed, surviving seven awkward introductions while Kyante followed with apologies. pi-jawed (/ˈpaɪdʒɔːd/) adj. Slowed by drink to delivering patronising lectures long after the audience has ceased responding. Dorislee became pi-jawed and explained basic table manners to Tyaun over the pudding. pi-minused adj. Drunk to the point where every cheerful remark acquires a contrary reply. pi-plussed adj. Drunk past the point of simple agreement, recruiting nearby people into an expanding circle of approval. Estefanny was pi-plussed and drew Netasha into approving the most impractical suggestion. pi-systemed adj. Loosened by drink into a collection of opinions closed only under intersections that happen to occur. piRNA'd adj. Having drunk enough to interact with every message while regulating none of the replies. pia matered adj. Of a drinker who has become, after several glasses, unhelpfully protective of the brain. Lavinnia became pia matered and objected to the pub quiz on neurological grounds. piacabaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and fibrous enough in the limbs to serve as a broom for the pavement. Narmon went piacabaed after last orders and swept the kerb with his coat.