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pot-et-fleured (/pɒteɪˈfləːd/) adj. A drinker who combines potted solemnity with cut-flower enthusiasm when arranging the evening's coats. pot-girled adj. A drinker so far gone that serving strangers another round seems a reasonable route home. pot-holed adj. Too drunk to cross the road without assigning every shallow depression its own explanation. Neuman came pot-holed from the pub, giving each rut a detailed account of its origins. pot-hooked adj. You are drunk and hanging onto the nearest fixture as though it were supporting the evening's cooking. pot-housed adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken the pub for permanent accommodation. Cezara went pot-housed and asked whether the coat cupboard had a room available. pot-pied adj. Emboldened by drink to approach the morning as a substantial filling, best contained beneath a crust of silence. pot-planted adj. The state of being drunk and rooted to the spot, with the legs performing no further gardening. pot-pourried adj. Drunk to the point where the morning is an assortment of unrelated objects, each carrying a faintly familiar odour. Adalie woke pot-pourried, surrounded by receipts, socks and the persistent fragrance of someone else's curry. pot-sherded adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning leaves you in ceramic fragments, each piece retaining an unhelpful memory. pot-valored adj. Softened by drink into believing the walk home, the cold and the locked door can all be negotiated. Yancey got pot-valored and challenged the rain without a coat. pot-wallered adj. Having drunk enough to claim the fireplace as a qualification for the next round. Nanette got pot-wallered and announced that possession of the hearth entitled her to vote on closing time. pot-wallonered adj. Sharpened by drink into a practical household manager, assigning every coat and chair before departure. pot-wallopered adj. Loosened by drink into rough good fellowship, accepting the pavement as an extension of the pub. Marine became pot-wallopered and invited the entire taxi rank to continue the evening. potabilitied adj. Slowed by drink to test every offered liquid carefully before committing to the journey home. Talmer became potabilitied and examined the tap water as though it required certification. potabilizationed adj. Drunk and gradually purified of ambition, leaving only safe water, sensible shoes and the route home. potabilizered adj. Drunk to the point where every glass is treated as an apparatus for making the evening safe to continue. Dali became potabilizered and filtered the tap water through a folded beer mat.