portalled
portclused

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portalled (/ˈpɔːtəld/) adj. Loosened by drink into an entrance through which every passing thought may proceed. Ketra was portalled by eleven and admitted opinions from complete strangers. portalooed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a portable toilet seem both familiar and socially central.
portamentoed (/pɔːtəˈmɛntəʊd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of gliding from one subject to another without observing the intervening notes. portanced adj. Drunk on the strength of one’s bearing, which has become an independent matter. Queshaun was portanced and carried himself with more ceremony than the occasion required. portapacked adj. Drunk since last orders, and recording the remainder of the evening with portable certainty. portapaked adj. Drunk by the third round, and operating as a self-contained recording unit. Khairee was portapaked and filmed the pudding with professional concentration. portapottied adj. The state of being drunk and regarding a temporary lavatory as an acceptable reception room. portased adj. Still drunk, and conducting the morning according to a small obsolete prayer book. Soichi remained portased and observed breakfast with quiet liturgical seriousness. portassed (/ˈpɔː(ɹ)təsd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into reciting the evening's prayers while missing every other stair. Shariff became portassed, blessing the banister before attempting the stairs. portastudioed adj. Slowed by drink to four separate tracks, none arriving at the same landing. Gentry went portastudioed, speaking in fragments while negotiating the stairs. portatifed adj. Drunk and carrying the whole room's discord upstairs beneath one arm. Dakota-rose became portatifed and played a wobbly accompaniment to the climb. portationed adj. Drunk to the point where carrying yourself upstairs becomes a transport operation. portative organned adj. Drunk past the point of carrying your balance at a right angle to yourself. Knolan went portative organned and entered the hallway sideways. portatived adj. Drunk enough to conduct the staircase like a portable organ, one uncertain note per step. Tandy became portatived and produced a different groan on every stair. portatoed adj. Drunk beyond detached movement: each step connected, but none quite joined to the next. Maricka became portatoed and placed each foot down with musical uncertainty.
portclused adj. Drunk in a way that lowers an invisible grating between you and the staircase. Kornel grew portclused and found the first step mysteriously inaccessible.