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pocket petted adj. Sharpened by drink into a tiny, skittish companion requiring frequent reassurance and crisps. Rylenn got pocket petted and accepted a handful of crisps as though being trained. pocket pieced adj. Loosened by drink into a lucky little object carried from conversation to conversation.
pocket pistolled adj. Emboldened by drink to issue abrupt, concealed challenges from beneath an otherwise respectable coat. pocket pooled adj. Slowed by drink to conducting a miniature contest with imaginary balls on the nearest flat surface. pocket protectored adj. Having drunk enough to guard every pen in the room from the shirt it is already staining. pocket pussied adj. A drinker who has mistaken private equipment for a reasonable topic of conversation. Saji became pocket pussied and left the table with several acquaintances reconsidering the friendship. pocket rocketed adj. Having drunk more than enough to mistake a modest anatomical fact for a launch programme. Lequient became pocket rocketed and announced a countdown beside the lavatory. pocket shrapnelled adj. Drunk and regarding loose change as evidence of a small explosion requiring immediate investigation. pocket squared adj. Drunk to the point where a handkerchief becomes the necessary insignia of an imminent diplomatic mission. pocket symphonied adj. Of a drinker: composing grandly in miniature, with the final movement devoted to finding the loo. pocket trumpeted adj. Of a drinker who has reduced a full brass performance to one compact, persistent note. Dainelle became pocket trumpeted and sounded a ceremonial note whenever anyone opened the door. pocket universed adj. Loosened by drink into treating one small, self-contained hypothesis as the only cosmology worth inhabiting, and declining to entertain others. pocket vetoed adj. A drinker who postpones every decision until the deadline has passed and signing is no longer required. Gayel was pocket vetoed and carried the question of pudding unopened into the taxi. pocket watched adj. A drinker so far gone that time must be consulted by chain, cover and repeated removal. Jarrad was pocket watched, extracting his phone with the gravity of a Victorian horologist. pocket-booked adj. Loosened by drink into opening a handbag for every item except the one actually requested. Jacoree went pocket-booked and produced receipts, mints and a foreign charger instead of cash.
pocket-dialed adj. The state of being drunk and allowing the phone to summon the kitchen without conscious involvement. Immy became pocket-dialed and confidently allowed the phone to summon the kitchen.