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potheaded adj. The drunkenness of one who approaches every staircase with a heavy head and an overconfident sense of balance. Mansa was potheaded and nodded gravely at each stair before missing the next. pothecaried adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a cordial from a cure, and dispensing both freely. Gracella became pothecaried and offered Samay a draught for ordinary disappointment. potheened adj. Still drunk, and carrying the previous night into breakfast with an unlicensed degree of confidence. Diandra arrived potheened and offered moonshine to people who were still finding the kettle. potherbed (/ˈpɒt.hɜː(ɹ)bd/) adj. Softened by drink into a leafy, yielding person who bends around furniture rather than walking past it. Lyla-mae was potherbed and folded gently against the stairwell wall. pothered (/ˈpʌðəd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a commotion in human form, especially when confronted with a flight of stairs. potholdered adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who grips hot surfaces, banisters and strangers with equal urgency. Kwanna was potholdered and seized the radiator before attempting the stairs. potholed adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the walk home for a route composed entirely of small edged craters. Breannon was potholed on the walk home, treating every shallow crater as a separate obstacle for the group. potholered adj. Having drunk enough to explore every depression in the pavement before consenting to go home. Taylor-lynn went potholered after closing time, examining the road instead of finding the taxi rank. potholeyed adj. Having drunk more than the road can reasonably contain, with new hazards appearing beneath every step. potholinged adj. You have drunk enough to conduct the journey home below pavement level, by any available opening. pothooked adj. Of a drinker: suspended between leaving and another round, with the coat apparently bearing the weight. Chaselyn remained pothooked by the bar, one hand on a coat and one awaiting another round. pothosed (/pʰoʊ.θoʊsd/) adj. Of a drinker who has become pleasantly trailing and is being carried home in sections. Deontre was pothosed by last orders, trailing one sleeve through the taxi doorway. pothoused adj. The drunkenness of one who has settled into the pub as though the last train were theoretical. Angellena became pothoused and declined the taxi in favour of another chair. pothuntered adj. Describing a drinker who pursues food for the pot, particularly after the kitchen has closed. Rassan went pothuntered after midnight, searching the taxi rank for something suitable to cook. pothuntinged adj. A drinker who turns the journey home into a search for anything that might become supper. Terilee grew pothuntinged after last orders and investigated the bins behind the kebab shop. poticaed (/poʊˈti.tsəd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that a rolled nut cake becomes the agreed destination after last orders. Nikayla got poticaed and directed the taxi towards a bakery that closed at six.