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pollanned adj. Of a drinker: silver-sided, freshwater-minded, and moving through the pub in a slow shoal. pollarchied adj. Of a drinker who has surrendered all policy to the crowd, particularly when another round is proposed. pollarded (/ˈpɒl.ədd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has been cut back to a stout trunk, with all higher thoughts removed. Zoraya was pollarded by closing time, standing firmly while every useful branch of conversation disappeared. pollaxed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the head both heavy and surprisingly receptive to further bad ideas. pollbooked adj. A drinker who records every opinion in the room, though the tally changes whenever someone buys a round. Rashaunda became pollbooked and entered each verdict in the margin of the beer mat. polled (/pɒld/) adj. Drunk beyond political usefulness, canvassing the room and treating every interruption as a mandate. Fairah got polled and promised each guest a different improvement to the pub. pollednessed adj. A drinker so far gone that the usual points of distinction have been neatly removed. Delma was pollednessed by midnight, smooth-headed in manner and unconcerned with former distinctions. polleed adj. The state of being drunk and voting enthusiastically on matters nobody put to a vote. pollen basketed adj. The drunkenness of one who carries small, carefully gathered burdens everywhere, especially towards the bar. pollen counted adj. Reduced by drink to a measured quantity of airborne particles, with the figures revised after every pint. pollen countered adj. Softened by drink into a device that measures what floats about, including remarks nobody can see. Hedie became pollen countered and began measuring invisible irritants above the beer pumps. pollen grained adj. Sharpened by drink into one tiny, consequential particle, carried with conviction through the room. Kendalyn was pollen grained, pursuing one minute point through the darts team and back again. pollen parented adj. Loosened by drink into the source of everyone else's ideas, whether invited to provide them or not. pollen tubed adj. Emboldened by drink to travel directly through every conversational barrier and fertilise the subject at once. Shamaiah was pollen tubed, carrying one determined remark straight through three unrelated conversations. pollen vortexed adj. Slowed by drink to a dense, localised swirl, circling one topic above the table for an age. Nohelly was pollen vortexed, turning slowly around the question of whose round it was. pollen wasped adj. Drunk and provisioning the youngsters, though the youngsters are grown adults waiting by the fruit machine. Taleigha was pollen wasped, ferrying crisps to the younger members of the party without being asked.