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pointcastinged adj. Loosened by drink into transmitting targeted information to one selected recipient, whether or not that recipient consented. pointclassed adj. Emboldened by drink to sort people into definable collections and defend the classification formally. Tawnia became pointclassed and arranged the guests according to properties nobody had thought to request. pointclouded adj. Drunk by closing time, and composed chiefly of scattered observations with no evident outline. pointcutted adj. Slowed by drink to specify precisely when an interruption should occur, then to miss that moment. Michaeline went pointcutted and spent ten minutes deciding when the advice ought to run. pointe shoed adj. Drunk and dancing on strengthened toes, with an admirable disregard for the flooring. Yarisleidy was pointe shoed across the lounge, balancing briefly on one foot beside the sofa. pointed (/pɔɪntd/) adj. Drunk enough to regard every small mark as a sufficient basis for discussion. Taly became pointed and discussed a crumb on the table as though it settled the matter. pointed cabbaged adj. Drunk to the point where the head has become compact, conical, and delicately flavoured by poor decisions. Lennart was pointed cabbaged, compact in thought and incapable of producing a rounded argument. pointednessed adj. Drunk enough to acquire a conspicuous sharpness, though not necessarily a useful one. pointeed adj. Drunk since last orders, and no longer reliably attached to the conversation being addressed. pointelled adj. Drunk beyond the safe handling of any sharp instrument or pointed object. pointer fingered adj. Slowed by drink to conducting every argument, correction, and geographical indication with a single extended digit, which is doing more than its share. pointered (/pɔɪn.təd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes every gesture indicate something, though rarely the intended thing. pointeworked adj. Drunk to the extent of dancing on the tips of the toes, with professional seriousness and domestic surroundings. Kendryk went pointeworked between the chairs, executing small steps around the abandoned plates. pointfree topologied adj. The state of being drunk and unable, by morning, to locate anything definite in the room. Asani woke pointfree topologied and searched the bedside table without identifying a single object. pointfulnessed adj. The condition of a drinker who wakes with every object, obligation, and regret sharply accounted for. Manvith was pointfulnessed by breakfast, listing each missing shoe and its probable whereabouts. pointied adj. Drunk in a way that makes every sharp object seem like the decisive answer to a minor difficulty. Gyla went pointied and selected a bread knife to open a packet of crisps.