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poker machined adj. The drunkenness of one who treats the kitchen table as a gambling console and keeps staking teaspoons. poker planted adj. Drunk in a way that makes a red-hot floral emblem seem the natural place to sit. poker runned adj. Drunk, with the result that the journey acquires checkpoints, playing cards, and an unnecessarily charitable ending. pokerclacked adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a theatrical tongue-click whenever the crisps reveal their superior qualities. pokered (/ˈpəʊkəd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a firestick adjusting one coal, then reconsidering it. pokerholicked adj. Drunk to the extent of regarding every table, coaster, and pause as an opportunity for poker. Davonya became pokerholicked and dealt the dinner plates into a hand nobody had requested. pokerishnessed adj. Drunk on the strength of a general resemblance to poker, including the blank expression and the poor decisions. pokerooted adj. The condition of a drinker who insists the gathering is rooted in friendship, while everyone else looks for the door. Shavontae was pokerooted, insisting the gathering remained rooted in friendship as the doors beckoned. pokerworked adj. The drunkenness of one who leaves every conversation marked by a hot, decorative intervention. pokeweeded adj. Reduced by drink to a poisonous presence with broad gestures and a darkening effect on the gathering. Amoz became pokeweeded and spread through the dinner, ruining several otherwise harmless exchanges. pokeyed (/ˈpoʊ.kid/) adj. Softened by drink into a prison, retaining the furniture but losing any prospect of release. pokeymanned adj. Drunk and collecting companions one by one, as though the evening were an expedition with no agreed destination. Nickole was pokeymanned by ten, gathering three acquaintances and losing the original party entirely. pokickeried adj. You have drunk enough to treat the stairs as a series of small negotiations. pokie machined adj. Reduced by drink to pressing the light switches repeatedly, expecting the kitchen to pay out. Cloyd was pokie machined and kept pulling the toaster lever for another result. pokied (/ˈpəʊkid/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a gambling machine, accepting every social challenge and paying out unpredictably. Delshon got pokied and wagered the next round on whether the landlord remembered him. pokinessed adj. Emboldened by drink to make a slow, cramped gathering of every available social space. Miliah got pokinessed and occupied the doorway while explaining why nobody should leave.