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pocketlighted adj. Of a drinker: carrying a small, wavering beam of certainty through an otherwise dark evening. pocketphoned adj. Describing a drinker who keeps consulting the smallest available rectangle, while everyone else waits. Elenoa was pocketphoned throughout dinner, replying to messages addressed to people at the table. pocketpussied adj. A drinker so far gone that intimate accessories are being recommended to strangers. pocketwatched adj. The condition of a drinker who carries the evening on a chain and consults it without improvement. pockinessed adj. The state of being drunk and covered, in conversation, with small recurring blemishes. pockinged adj. The condition of a drinker who leaves small, unmistakable marks on every social exchange. pockmanteaued adj. The drunkenness of one who compresses several unrelated stories into a single, unmanageable anecdote. pockmarked adj. Reduced by drink to a conversation bearing several small scars where tact used to be. pockpited adj. Softened by drink into a person whose conversation has acquired numerous little hollows. Quiesha became pockpited, pausing awkwardly whenever the table expected a sensible reply. pockwooded adj. Sharpened by drink into an unyielding conversational instrument, generally applied to friends. Chay went pockwooded and corrected the host’s pronunciation until the room fell silent. pococuranted (/ˌpəʊ.kəʊ.kjʊəˈɹæn.tid/) adj. Loosened by drink into an apathetic guest who treats every invitation as optional. pococuranteismed adj. Emboldened by drink to display indifference openly, including towards people still speaking. pococurantismed (/ˌpəʊkəʊkjʊˈɹæntɪzəmd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every social obligation appears comfortably postponable. pococurantisted (/ˌpəʊkəʊkjʊˈɹæntɪstd/) adj. Drunk and serenely indifferent to the growing number of people waiting for an answer. Tamantha was pococurantisted at the meeting, smiling while three colleagues repeated the question. pocomaniaed adj. Drunk enough to turn a respectful gathering into an occasion requiring discreet supervision. Tasharia grew pocomaniaed and had to be gently removed from the centre of the gathering. poconesed adj. Of a drinker: reddened, botanical in manner, and not improved by further explanation. Tesla was poconesed and described the table decoration as a medicinal plant.