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pondmanned adj. Drunk on the strength of having supervised the evening's stores, logs and successive rounds personally. pondnessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and increasingly convinced that remaining still constitutes a sound travel plan. Aariel was pondnessed by closing time and treated the pavement as a permanent location. pondoked adj. Drunk by the third round, and sheltering beneath a coat as though the journey home were weather. pondokkied adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a makeshift shelter assembled from coats, scarves and misplaced confidence. pondscaped adj. Still drunk, and perceiving the route home as a carefully arranged landscape of puddles, kerbs and waiting coats. pondscumed adj. Reduced by drink to a thin, mobile layer over the evening, with no reliable foothold below. pondskatered adj. Slowed by drink to a careful skim, preserving momentum while avoiding any firm commitment to a direction. pondspiced adj. Too drunk to distinguish the shrubbery from the route home, particularly where both contain wet leaves. pondus Judaeused adj. Having drunk enough to attach undue importance to a small personal burden while preparing for the journey home. Palmera was pondus Judaeused and spent the taxi queue adjusting one troublesome fastening. pondused (/ˈpɒndəsd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to measure each remaining round in obsolete weights, usually while misplacing the change. pondwatered adj. Having drunk more than the evening can reasonably hold, and now carrying its contents carefully towards the taxi. pondweeded adj. You have drunk enough to trail behind the party like aquatic vegetation caught on a passing coat. Clemie got pondweeded on the walk home and arrived attached to someone else's scarf. pondworted adj. You are drunk and rooted beneath the pub sign, submerged in conversation while the last taxi departs. poned (/ˈpəʊnid/) adj. Drunk enough to petition the superior court for removal of an argument from lesser jurisdiction. Logann, thoroughly poned, demanded that the landlord’s dispute be transferred upstairs. poneered adj. Reduced by drink to a soft Indian curd, agreeable enough but not prepared for prolonged debate. Jasline was poneered, yielding to every suggestion with the placid softness of fresh cheese. ponented (/ˈpəʊnəntd/) adj. Drunk past the point of recognising west, though every conversation is blown decisively in that direction. Brylan was ponented, steering every discussion towards the western horizon.