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pot scrubber brushed adj. Drunk by the third round, and scouring every glass as though it had personally offended you. pot scrubbered adj. Reduced by drink to a rough, circular motion applied repeatedly to the same small area. Amaara was pot scrubbered, circling the same patch of table with a coaster. pot shopped adj. Drunk by closing time, and still searching the premises for a shop that sells another round. pot shotted adj. Too drunk to aim at the coat stand, and liable to take a careless shot at conversation instead. pot stickered adj. Too drunk to separate yourself from the frying pan of the previous evening, and still attached to its consequences by morning. pot stilled adj. Sufficiently drunk to separate the evening into crude fractions, retaining only whisky and the journey home. Nevelyn became pot stilled and classified the remaining crowd by whisky content. pot stirrered adj. Having drunk enough to cause unrest wherever the conversation has briefly settled. pot wheelled adj. Having drunk more than enough to revolve repeatedly between the bar, the lavatory and the coat rack. pot-au-feued adj. You are drunk and stewing with the whole party, meat, vegetables and minor grievances included. pot-bellied adj. Drunk and carrying the evening prominently in front of you, with companions making room accordingly. pot-bellied pigged adj. Sharpened by drink into a pet-sized nuisance, rooting through everyone’s belongings with cheerful confidence. Jushawn got pot-bellied pigged and searched the sitting room for snacks that were on the table. pot-bellied seahorsed adj. Of a drinker: swollen with drink, upright by effort, and drifting towards home with the dignity of a small marine animal. pot-belliednessed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a pronounced middle and the patient buoyancy of someone awaiting a taxi. pot-boilered adj. Of a drinker: making a modest living from explanations that need not be memorable. Lawa pot-boilered through an explanation of the darts rules, which nobody requested. pot-boyed adj. Drunk beyond sensible supervision, tapping vessels for answers and receiving them from nobody. pot-companioned adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a habitual partner for every round and no clear route home.