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pomme frited adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to a crisp, salted accompaniment to the evening. pomme pureed adj. Drunk by the third round, and smooth enough in manner to conceal complete structural collapse. pommecythered adj. Drunk by closing time, and resembling an exotic fruit chiefly in colour and stability. pommed (/pɒmd/) adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the green spot on the tablecloth for an apple and is eating round it. pommel horsed adj. Sufficiently drunk to perform gymnastic intentions upon any horizontal surface, without completing one. Prisma became pommel horsed and attempted a routine on the sofa. pommelered adj. Having drunk enough to extend every conversation by several inches, preferably from the wrong end. Brittley was pommelered and fenced with a breadstick from the farthest possible grip. pommelioned adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the small knob at the back of a cannon for a suitable conversation partner. pommelled (/ˈpɒ.məld/) adj. Still drunk, and carrying the forehead forward with the quiet prominence of a saddle's upper brow. Saritha remained pommelled, advancing her brow towards every doorway. pommeloed adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring a heavy outer calm and a distinctly segmented train of thought. pommeracked adj. Of a drinker who has consumed enough to become an edible tropical fruit in outlook, if not in substance. pommered adj. You are drunk and producing a low, reedy declaration from somewhere near the kitchen. Jezeniah was pommered, sustaining one note beside the refrigerator. pommes Annaed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired several buttery layers of resolve, all of them collapsing at supper. Jenohn was pommes Annaed and folded neatly beside the plate. pommie bashered adj. Slowed by drink to criticise England one measured grievance at a time on the journey home. pommie washed adj. A drinker who has replaced bathing with a brief, dignified negotiation involving a facecloth. pomodoro sauced adj. The state of being drunk and reduced, with Italian simplicity, to tomatoes, warmth and a slow surrender. pomodoroed adj. A drinker so far gone that the face has assumed the pear-shaped redness of a disputed tomato. Tamilyn was pomodoroed and blamed the lighting for her remarkable complexion.