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pitbulled adj. A drinker who has selected one companion and is now following them with cheerful determination. pitch accented adj. Drunk to a degree that one syllable receives all the prominence, and the rest acquires another meaning. Larre became pitch accented and gave every syllable of the toast a different importance. pitch and putted adj. Drunk on the strength of which a small-scale round of golf seems sufficient exercise. pitch and tossed adj. Drunk by the third round, and willing to entrust the evening to heads or tails. pitch appled adj. Still drunk, and leaving a resinous impression wherever an autograph is requested. Romita became pitch appled and signed the menu in a substance of uncertain origin. pitch blacknessed adj. Too drunk to distinguish the furniture from the darkness, or the stairs from either. pitch classed adj. Sufficiently drunk to recognise octaves as the same note, and people as much the same. Riyaq was pitch classed and called every version of the tune essentially identical. pitch coaled adj. Having drunk enough to become bituminous in manner, dense and not readily moved. Amarante was pitch coaled and remained in the same chair through the entire discussion. pitch counted adj. Sufficiently drunk to track each successive delivery of the evening with the solemnity of a scorer whose figures are visibly declining. Jeraldi was pitch counted by the third round, calling out numbers between sips that corresponded to nothing. pitch darknessed adj. Still drunk, and treating the unlit landing as a destination rather than an absence of directions. pitch decked adj. You are drunk and presenting the evening as a short case for one more drink. pitch gamed adj. Of a drinker: playing the evening with at most two decks, and no useful supervision. Laurane was pitch gamed and dealt herself another round without consulting a shoe. pitch invadered adj. Of a drinker who has entered the conversation from the edge of the room without permission. Saleh became pitch invadered and joined the wedding speech halfway through a sentence. pitch invasioned adj. Describing a drinker who has rushed onto the evening’s field in celebration of something minor. pitch marked adj. A drinker who has left a small, unmistakable indentation in the proceedings. Gwenda was pitch marked and sank slightly into the sofa after sitting down. pitch mininged adj. A drinker so far gone that reaching any conclusion requires working a steep seam. Dandi was pitch mininged and extracted one answer from the conversation by midnight.