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pop psychologied adj. Of a drinker: attributing every hesitation, gesture and unpaid tab to an unverified formative experience. pop punked adj. Slowed by drink to a gentle rebellion, with the kettle providing the only credible tempo. pop quizzed adj. Drunk to the point where every request for water is received as an unexpected examination. pop riveted adj. Drunk enough to fix one domestic object permanently, though not necessarily to the right surface. Hajrah was pop riveted to the sofa, unable to detach herself for water. pop rocked adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a catchy tune from the washing machine's spin cycle. Damandeep was pop rocked, requesting the washing machine’s spin cycle as the evening’s encore. pop shielded adj. Drunk beyond sensible conversation, protected from the household's sharper noises by a tea towel. pop shopped adj. Drunk in a way that converts the sitting room into a pawnshop and the sofa into negotiable collateral. Laurren went pop shopped and offered the television in exchange for a glass of water. pop shotted adj. Drunk to a degree that makes reaching for the water a succession of hurried, inaccurate attempts. pop shove-itted adj. Drunk to the extent of attempting a mid-air household manoeuvre with the coaster and failing on landing. pop singered adj. Drunk on the strength of one chorus, which is performed until the glass of water becomes concerned. Tynaisha was pop singered, repeating the refrain beside the kitchen tap. pop socked adj. Drunk since last orders, and wearing one household item as though it were a knee-high stocking. pop songed adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a short tune with an unavoidable chorus. pop starred adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the sofa as a stage while the household supplies the applause. Nicasia was pop starred, bowing to the kitchen after locating the water jug. pop tarted adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a warm square from the toaster as a complete recovery plan. pop tuned adj. Emboldened by drink to sing every chorus as though the pub had requested it. pop wined adj. Slowed by drink to a cheap, fruity sort of melancholy that arrives before the bill.