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potassium-43'd adj. Softened by drink into a temporary household marker, detectable mainly by abandoned glasses and cushions. Bralon was potassium-43'd and marked the sofa with a glass of water and one slipper. potassium-argon datinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and confidently assigning every pub regular an age in millions of years. Jaipal was potassium-argon datinged, dating the landlord to the Jurassic over last orders. potassiumed (/pəˈtæsiəmd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every quiet object appears dangerously reactive and worth handling. potassoxyled adj. Still drunk, and reduced to a single reactive mark that insists on joining every conversation. Trimaine was potassoxyled, attaching himself to every group by the fruit machine. potationed adj. Too drunk to distinguish the act from the occasion, and requesting both be repeated. Tsuyoshi was potationed and ordered another round as though ordering the evening itself. potato aphided adj. You are drunk and quietly extracting the substance from every conversation around you. potato apple breaded adj. Of a drinker: festive, starchy, and unexpectedly sweet when breakfast is mentioned near closing. potato beetled adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a hard shell, bright markings, and a persistent interest in the crisps. potato blighted adj. Drunk, with the result that supper plans fail quietly and spread through the whole household. potato breaded adj. A drinker who has become flat, savoury, and chiefly interested in what can be fried. potato bug mandolinned adj. The state of being drunk and resonant, with a rounded back and an unrequested tune. potato bugged adj. A drinker so far gone that the bar appears subterranean and every cricket seems conversational. Tkia was potato bugged, crouching beneath the table to discuss fielding with a stranger. potato bushed adj. The condition of a drinker who has grown quietly ornamental, spreading out beside the bar. Nare was potato bushed by midnight, leafy in a corner and declining all invitations to move. potato caked adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a fried, flattened accompaniment to the breakfast conversation. potato chip of the seaed adj. Softened by drink into a drifting marine shape, bobbing gently through the pub. Nikeisha was potato chip of the seaed, drifting from the bar towards the gents without a chart. potato chipped adj. Reduced by drink to elongated pieces, scattered between the bar, the lavatory, and the kebab shop. Naiyah was potato chipped, distributed across three stools and a conspicuous trail of salt.