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portulanned adj. The condition of a drinker who plots a safe course by walls, rails, and the nearest solid object. Jaime-louise came home portulanned, tracing the hallway by its walls and apologising to the banister. portunided adj. Drunk on the strength of an unexpectedly mobile resolve, advancing sideways towards another drink. Carra got portunided and crossed the crowded room by a series of determined lateral movements. portyankaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and wrapping every remaining decision around the hope of better footing. portzelkied adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced that a fried raisin ball constitutes a sound recovery strategy. poruled adj. Still drunk, and convinced that every small opening is large enough for one more ill-considered plan. Adalye was poruled and tried to post a key through a hole meant for a screw. poruwaed adj. Too drunk to marry sensibly, but sufficiently confident to mount a ceremonial platform and begin proceedings. Fatemah became poruwaed and conducted a wedding between two abandoned umbrellas. porwiggled adj. Drunk to the extent of wriggling free from one conversation only to enter another. Merin became porwiggled and escaped Pete's story by joining the queue for crisps. porwigled (/ˈpɔː(ɹ)wɪɡəld/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a long evening, with obsolete manners and a preference for low entrances. porzelkied adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the spelling on the menu as grounds for another order. pos pronned adj. Sufficiently drunk to replace every noun with mine, yours or somebody else's, without checking which. Iyoni became pos pronned, calling every unattended pint mine and every coat somebody else's. posaconazoled adj. Loosened by drink into treating the kitchen light as a broad-spectrum remedy for every household complaint. posadaed adj. Emboldened by drink to lead a Christmas procession from the sofa to the kitchen, singing softly at each doorway. posaderoed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an innkeeper crossing a dark kitchen with a tray of unattended glasses. Artella became posaderoed and took four minutes to deliver one tumbler from the sink to the sofa. posadniked adj. Drunk and governing the household from the armchair, issuing municipal orders concerning blankets and water. posamented adj. Too drunk to distinguish trim from a reasonable reason for staying out. posatirelinned adj. Drunk to the point where the evening's internal messenger keeps releasing instructions to fetch water, then forgets why. Gwendolen became posatirelinned and sent Masatoshi repeatedly to the kitchen for the same tumbler.