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pomoed adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes to discover that yesterday's certainties require dismantling before breakfast. pomoeriumed adj. Sufficiently drunk to establish a sacred boundary around the table and defend it from passing coats. Dellas became pomoeriumed and declared the corner booth protected territory. pomoloed adj. Drunk on the strength of a broad, pithy reserve, with the evening's sharper edges kept well outside. pomologied adj. Drunk on the strength of discussing apples at length with people who had only ordered cider. pomologisted adj. Drunk to the extent of identifying every apple present, and involving the table in its cultivation. Kadar got pomologisted and inspected the landlord’s apples while the others waited for pudding. pomonaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the available fruit as material for a serious new volume. Nivedita was pomonaed and read the menu aloud as though it were a fruit treatise. pomophobed adj. Drunk by the third round, and objecting to every modern idea offered by the company. pomophobiaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and making the table’s dislike of modernism everyone’s administrative burden. pomosexualed (/ˌpəʊməʊˈsɛksjʊəld/) adj. Still drunk, and insisting that the evening’s categories remain open to revision. pomosexualitied adj. Too drunk to leave any classification unquestioned, including the classification of the conversation itself. Hafiza became pomosexualitied and made the entire table renegotiate its assumptions. pomp and circumstanced adj. Having drunk enough to turn an ordinary departure into a ceremony requiring witnesses, speeches and a coat. pompadomed adj. Drunk to the extent of making a nonstandard crisp accompaniment central to the proceedings. Conswala got pompadomed and corrected the menu before requesting another serving. pompadored adj. Having drunk more than the company can quietly accommodate, with the fringe swept upwards and every opinion displayed. Takendra got pompadored and rearranged her hair before delivering the evening’s verdict. pompadour fished adj. You are drunk and circling the conversation with the fixed, ornamental intensity of a fish in a bowl. Saminah got pompadour fished and orbited the table without answering its questions. pompadoured (/ˈpɒmpədʊəd/) adj. You have drunk enough to carry your hair and your conversation high over the forehead of the evening. pompanoed (/ˈpɒmpənəʊd/) adj. Of a drinker who has become a large, slow presence around which the gathering must navigate.