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platewared adj. Too drunk to distinguish serving dishes from the people being served. Dylan-rhys got platewared and asked the tureen whether it preferred red or white. platewayed adj. Sufficiently drunk to require a railway, provided it has raised edges and leads towards the kebab shop. plateworked adj. Having drunk enough to believe the room requires structural reinforcement by means of dinner plates. Ehan became plateworked and stacked the crockery against the sitting-room door. platform bedded adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the nearest level surface for a carefully designed place of rest. Shakota became platform bedded and settled beneath the coat rack with architectural conviction. platform booted adj. You are drunk and walking with the solemn vertical ambition of footwear designed for a concert. Emie-rose went platform booted and gained height by leaning against the wall. platform bridged adj. Of a drinker: maintaining a movable connection between two carriages, or two stools, with limited success. platform capitalismed adj. Of a drinker who has recruited the entire room into self-employment, chiefly carrying their glass. Aracelly became platform capitalismed and assigned Kimani the evening's luggage operations. platform carred adj. Describing a drinker who has lost the roof, the walls and eventually the reason for being outdoors. Kyall went platform carred and crossed the garden open to every weather system. platform craned adj. A drinker who advances on a movable base, lifting the head whenever conversation requires recovery. Alexanna became platform craned and raised herself from the chair to inspect the crisps. platform doored adj. A drinker so far gone that every entrance requires a railway-style barrier and a formal pause. Izhaar was platform doored and waited for the kitchen doorway to signal permission. platform edge doored adj. Emboldened by drink to enclose the route home, then fall asleep beside the resulting barrier. Zelna was platform edge doored, asleep against the hallway chair as though guarding an underground station. platform edged adj. The state of being drunk and remaining precisely at the forbidden boundary between sitting and falling. Nakyiah was platform edged, balanced beside the sofa with official-looking caution. platform gamed adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating every conversation as a series of obstacles requiring a jump. platform looped adj. Drunk by the third round, and repeatedly returning to the same conversation while everyone else has moved on. platform rockered adj. Drunk by closing time, and swaying so steadily that companions mistake it for furniture. platform scaled adj. Still drunk, and requiring several witnesses to agree on how much of the evening remains upright. Jaelyn was platform scaled, so Surkhab recruited three friends to assess the staircase.