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poloed (/ˈpəʊ.ləʊd/) adj. You have drunk enough to pursue a ball with a long stick, though no horse is available. poloided adj. Drunk by the third round, and twisting through doorways without ever quite returning to the same plane. poloisted adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting every corridor as though it were a marked field. Edwood, poloisted, pursued a straight line towards the lavatories and reached the cloakroom. polonaised (/ˌpɒləˈneɪzd/) adj. Still drunk, and progressing through the room in stately threes, regardless of the furniture. polonated adj. Sufficiently drunk to combine with the nearest solid object and remain there, salt-like and immovable. Elrod was polonated against the pub wall, unable to separate himself from its support. polonchayed adj. Having drunk enough to wilt broadly across any available surface, like greens left in heat. polonesed adj. Too drunk to walk plainly, and arranging each uneven step into a formal triple-time procession. polongaed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can safely contain, and striking without warning at innocent furniture. Elijuah went polongaed at the stair corner and delivered a venomous shoulder to the wall. polonided adj. You have drunk enough to form a binary compound with the nearest more sober person and follow their lead. Searah became polonided with her sister and was escorted downstairs in a single unstable unit. polonied (/pəˈloʊnid/) adj. Of a drinker who has been only partly assembled by the evening and is soft at the edges. Herron was polonied by closing time, his speech cooked only halfway through. polonium-210'd adj. Of a drinker: emitting brief, energetic decisions at regular intervals, with a half-life of 138 days. poloniumed (/pəˈləʊni.əmd/) adj. You are drunk and faintly alarming, moving through the room with a small but unmistakable radius of danger. polonynaed adj. Describing a drinker who has become an open upland between movements, with the legs above and the plan below. Kimbal was polonynaed halfway up the stairs, occupying the landing like high mountain pasture. polosticked adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken household furniture for a mounted playing field. polotaswarfed adj. A drinker who removes from the premises whatever treasure can be carried in both hands. poloxalened adj. A drinker so far gone that every surface becomes active, slippery, and difficult to leave.