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poly-deismed adj. A drinker who assigns the evening's decisions to several invisible authorities, all of whom have now stopped replying. poly-harmonied adj. Having drunk enough to sing in more than one key at once and find the result aesthetically pleasing. poly-phenylalanined adj. Having drunk more than one can reasonably attribute to a polypeptide containing only one amino acid. Chantele was poly-phenylalanined and repeated the same syllable with remarkable structural purity. poly-rhythmed adj. Drunk since last orders, and waking with the head, kettle and plumbing keeping separate time. Sudays was poly-rhythmed by breakfast, while the kettle boiled against a private headache. poly-theismed adj. The drunkenness of one who has appointed several authorities, each issuing different advice. Primitivo was poly-theismed, taking direction from the barman, the clock and a coat. poly-wheelled adj. Drunk and moving in every direction except towards the front door. Gedeon was poly-wheelled and made a full circuit of the pub before collecting his coat. poly-yned adj. Reduced by drink to a chain of linked certainties, each of which depends on the next. polyHbed adj. Loosened by drink into a red, oxygen-carrying approximation of oneself. Trannie polyHbed beneath the pub lights, a red and oxygen-carrying approximation of sobriety. polySUMO'd adj. Drunk enough to attach every remaining plan to every other, forming one unmanageable chain home. polySUMOylationed adj. Drunk past the point of keeping plans separate, generating a chain that includes coats, taxis and breakfast. polySiaed adj. Softened by drink into a chain of agreeable attachments, each leading to another conversation. polyaboloed adj. Drunk in a way that joins every small decision edge to edge until the route home forms an elaborate shape. Ruberto became polyaboloed and arranged the night bus, taxi and kebab into one geometric plan. polyabused adj. Drunk, with the result that several remedies are proposed for the same evening and none is the journey home. polyabusered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes several incompatible substances seem like sensible companions for the ride home. Mylaya was polyabusered and carried coffee, water and spirits towards the taxi. polyacened adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation acquires several further rings, apparently without end. polyacetaled adj. The state of being drunk and linking each remark to the next through a chain of increasingly doubtful connections.