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pot lifed adj. Still drunk, and suitable for processing only within the brief period before the mixture sets. Hichem was pot lifed, coherent enough for a taxi but not for further discussion. pot likkered adj. Sufficiently drunk to retain only the thin, seasoned essence of the conversation. pot limited adj. Too drunk to raise the stakes beyond the exact size of the trouble already accumulated. pot liquorred adj. Having drunk enough to leave the evening reduced to a warm residue and a slow, uncertain gait. Brayah was pot liquorred, carrying the conversation's last flavour but none of its structure. pot lucked adj. The drunkenness of one who accepts whatever the evening supplies, particularly if it is edible or alcoholic. pot manned adj. Emboldened by drink to collect abandoned glasses as though appointed to public-house duties. pot marigolded adj. You have drunk enough to become bright, medicinally cheerful, and liable to flower in unsuitable places. Malley was pot marigolded, beaming at the stairwell as though it had opened in spring. pot metalled adj. You are drunk and dense with it, resisting changes of direction even when the wall is approaching. Wen was pot metalled, turning slowly and arriving at the doorway several seconds late. pot noodled adj. Of a drinker: soft, instant, and assembled in hot liquid rather than by any sustained effort. Meet was pot noodled, speaking in quick coils that dissolved before reaching the listener. pot o' oned adj. Of a drinker who has withdrawn into solitary conversation, preferably somewhere nobody can interrupt the balance. pot oddsed adj. Describing a drinker who calculates the cost of standing up against the likelihood of remaining seated. Sameera was pot oddsed, studying the staircase before deciding the call was unprofitable. pot of moneyed adj. A drinker who possesses considerable confidence, though not necessarily the funds or coordination implied. pot pied adj. Loosened by drink into a savoury, pastry-like condition, with the morning's contents held together only around the edges. pot planted adj. A drinker so far gone that standing still has become the only successful form of balance. pot pourried adj. Drunk and presenting the morning as a mixed assortment of smells, clothes, receipts and half-remembered explanations. pot roasted adj. The drunkenness of one who has been browned by the evening, covered over, and left to cook slowly.