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pioneershipped adj. Drunk since last orders, and regarding the arrangement of cushions as a frontier settlement. Kathiana became pioneershipped and established a blanket outpost beside the sofa. pionered adj. Of a drinker: first into an ill-advised undertaking, and pleased to have made the route worse for others. Josine went pionered and attempted to negotiate entry through the kitchen hatch. pioneyed adj. Of a drinker who has become florid enough to mistake the kitchen for a fragrant garden. Melinee was pioneyed, studying the dishcloth as though it were a rare blossom. pionied adj. Describing a drinker who has gone pleasantly floral and settled among the cushions. Shawon was pionied by midnight, reclining beneath a blanket and praising its fragrance. pioniumed adj. Drunk by the third round, and orbiting the glass of water without quite reaching it. piophilided adj. Drunk by closing time, and attracting the kitchen's small persistent visitors with remarkable efficiency. Tovah got piophilided beside the fruit bowl and wondered why the kitchen had become busy. piopioed adj. Still drunk, and singing an extinct household repertoire to the kettle at half past nine. piositied adj. Too drunk to stop blessing the glass of water before passing it to yourself. piosphered adj. Sufficiently drunk to impose a grazing pattern on the sitting room, wearing a path into the carpet. pioted adj. Drunk to the point where every loud opinion is carried off, examined briefly and returned elsewhere. Keenyah was pioted, removing stray remarks from the conversation and depositing them beside the crisps. piotined adj. Having drunk enough to become soft, pale and mineral-rich beneath the duvet. Quetzaly was piotined by midnight, settled beneath the duvet with the firmness of wet clay. pious frauded adj. Having drunk more than honesty permits, and claiming the spilled wine was put there for the cat. piousnessed adj. You have drunk enough to regard putting out a glass of water as a moral achievement. pip-squeaked adj. Of a drinker: reduced by the evening to a small, insignificant presence beneath one cushion. pipacyclined adj. Describing a drinker who has settled into the sofa and is resisting further biological activity. pipaed adj. Drunk enough to produce a delicate, pear-shaped argument whose musical qualities do not survive examination.