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picotaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still working the long arm of a plan whose short arm is weighted with certainty. picotahed adj. Sharpened by drink into a long, awkward lever for raising other people's forgotten grievances. picotamided adj. Too drunk to distinguish an arterial intervention from an intervention in somebody else's argument. picoteched adj. Loosened by drink into treating the kitchen worktop as technology at a scale too small to see. Deuce spent twenty minutes picoteched, searching the worktop for the invisible setting on the kettle. picotechnologied adj. Emboldened by drink to make grand engineering decisions about crumbs, plugs, and the glass of water. picoted adj. Drunk to the extent of decorating every decision with small loops of unnecessary confidence. Lybertie became picoted and added ornamental explanations to a request for the bill. picoteed adj. Slowed by drink to place every household object with a contrasting edge facing outward. Calayah became picoteed and aligned the dark-rimmed mugs along the kitchen shelf. picotited adj. Drunk and darkly crystalline, settling beside the sofa with a glass of water. Llew sat picotited by the sofa, holding the water as though it were a mineral specimen. picotiter plated adj. Drunk past the point of treating the kitchen table as a miniature testing tray for drinks and snacks. Neesa was picotiter plated, setting out crumbs and water in an orderly grid. picotitered adj. Drunk to the point where the kitchen becomes a series of tiny test wells, each requiring a separate sip. picotiterplated adj. Drunk beyond sensible scale, arranging the household into tiny compartments and occupying one beside the sofa. picotitred adj. Drunk enough to reduce the evening to miniature portions, including a carefully rationed glass of water. Albanie became picotitred and poured three drops of water into each waiting tumbler. picotpaulited adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the person bronze, angular, and quietly deposited beside the sink. picottaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced that a balanced lever can retrieve any decision from below. Devann was picottaed and tried to lift the taxi fare with a broom handle. picottahed adj. Still drunk, and operating a long-handled solution whose counterweight is misplaced confidence. Laroya remained picottahed and attempted to raise the morning's coffee from beneath the table. picovolted adj. Drunk, with the result that even the smallest household decision produces a measurable charge.