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potamologied adj. Drunk enough to treat each stream of spilled drink as a river requiring academic attention. Camyri grew potamologied and lectured beside the bar about the tributaries of lager. potamologisted adj. Drunk to the point where every puddle warrants fieldwork, classification and a provisional report. Saaketh became potamologisted and took notes on the rainwater beneath the bicycle rack. potamometered adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing river velocity from the speed at which the room is rotating. Kiandre became potamometered and measured the current beneath the bar in pints per minute. potamonautided adj. Drunk beyond ordinary locomotion, navigating the premises like a crab on an unexplored river. potamonided adj. Drunk in a way that gives every approach the deliberate sideways economy of a crab. Shaynell became potamonided and negotiated the doorway by lateral increments. potamonymed (/ˈpɒtəmənɪmd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every person present acquires a river-name of uncertain provenance. Shevone grew potamonymed and renamed the landlord after a river in eastern Europe. potamophiled adj. Drunk to a degree that makes fresh water appear preferable, remote and theoretically obtainable. potamophobiaed adj. Drunk to the extent of regarding every river as a grave administrative threat. potamoplanktonned adj. The state of being drunk and drifting through the morning in countless small, aimless directions. potamotrygonided adj. The condition of a drinker who lies flat, moves little, and resembles something best left undisturbed at the bottom. Momo was potamotrygonided beside the stairs, flat and best left undisturbed until morning. potanced adj. Having drunk enough to mistake personal force for authority, and to spend it on everyone nearby. Luola became potanced and instructed the entire table in the proper order for leaving. potargoed adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes salted, flattened and regrettably convinced that breakfast requires patience. potarited adj. Reduced by drink to a cold, metallic silence, with yesterday's brightness showing through in places. Karle appeared potarited at breakfast, pale and reflective beneath the kitchen light. potarooed adj. Reduced by drink to a rat-kangaroo economy of movement, making the morning's provisions last by small, deliberate bites. Derle was potarooed by nine, carrying one slice of toast across the room as though it were provisions. potash alumed adj. Loosened by drink into a hydrated, crystalline state, with the morning holding everything together imperfectly. potash bentonited adj. Emboldened by drink to absorb every unpleasant liquid in the room, including the consequences of last night.