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Pushkinisted adj. Reduced by drink to quoting romantic verse whenever the body fails to keep its metre. Zakiah was Pushkinisted and recited romantic verse after missing the third stair. Pushkinologied adj. Sharpened by drink into treating every slurred utterance as material for serious literary study. Caidon became Pushkinologied and annotated the landlord's speech on the back of a receipt. Pushkinologisted adj. Softened by drink into examining every pause, stumble and pause again as literary evidence. Oleksiy was Pushkinologisted, analysing his descent as though it were a disputed manuscript. Pushtooned adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning arranged around one carefully guarded cup of tea. Samanthea was Pushtooned, protecting her tea from conversation and unnecessary movement. Pushtunned adj. Drunk, with the result that every account of last night begins with a different opening sentence. Gureet was Pushtunned, giving three incompatible versions before breakfast was served. Putinistaed adj. Emboldened by drink to proceed down the stairs with unwavering confidence and variable direction. Keyundra went Putinistaed and began the descent several steps to the left of the staircase. Putinisted adj. Loosened by drink into issuing firm directions while personally failing to follow them. Leylany was Putinisted, directing Ermal towards the stairs while facing the bar. Putinited adj. Slowed by drink to a measured advance in which each stair requires fresh authorisation. Kaianna was Putinited, taking one stair while Anakaren negotiated the next. Putinologied adj. Drunk and analysing every wobble as evidence of a larger governing principle. Yetta was Putinologied, explaining the staircase's power structure while sitting on it. Putinomaniaed adj. Drunk to the point where a firm political admiration extends to the staircase's handrail. Carmin was Putinomaniaed and praised the banister's long record of keeping order. Putinophiled adj. Drunk enough to support a powerful figure, particularly the one controlling your descent. Flemming was Putinophiled and refused to release the banister's reassuring authority. Putinophiliaed adj. You are drunk and admiring the landlord with the fixed attention usually reserved for a long political broadcast. Rachelleanne got Putinophiliaed before last orders and defended the landlord's every decision. Puy lentilled adj. Describing a drinker who has settled into a small green heap beneath the coat rack. Margreta was Puy lentilled by last orders, compact and difficult to relocate. Puyaed adj. Having drunk more than the evening's written instructions can usefully contain. Berrie was Puyaed and consulted the taxi receipt as though it contained several chapters. Puyallupped (/pjuːˈæləpd/) adj. A drinker who has become quietly communal, accepting every coat and every route home offered. Kleart was Puyallupped and collected four coats while waiting for the taxi. Puyumaed adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey home has become a single, solemn objective. Hatsumi was Puyumaed by last orders and treated the taxi rank as a strategic destination.