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potsharded adj. Drunk to the extent of breaking the morning into hard, sharp recollections best handled individually. Raijon potsharded the morning, handing each sharp recollection to a separate unwilling colleague. potshared adj. Drunk on the strength of a few broken remnants, reconstructing the previous night from fragments found beside the bed. potshawed adj. Softened by drink into granting sovereign privileges to whoever has ordered the chips. potsherded (/ˈpɒt.ʃɜːdd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced by morning to one archaeological fragment of a person among the evidence. potshopped adj. Still drunk, and treating the off-licence as a dispensary for whatever might sustain the journey home. Niv remained potshopped and bought crisps as though they required a prescription. potshoted adj. Drunk by the third round, and taking random conversational shots at whatever morning target presents itself. Gia was potshoted before coffee, blaming the toaster, the weather and a perfectly innocent chair. potsied adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the route home as a children's game requiring repeated hops and disputed rules. Tawnjai was potsied on the pavement, hopping between paving stones while the bus waited nearby. potsticked adj. Still drunk, and approaching the morning as something to be stirred repeatedly before it can be served. Christopehr was potsticked by breakfast, circling his coffee long after the sugar had disappeared. potstickered adj. Sufficiently drunk to remain folded into yesterday's decisions, browned at the edges and difficult to move before lunch. potstoned adj. Having drunk enough to become a heavy, heat-retaining vessel, useful chiefly for keeping the morning's soup warm. pottaged (/ˈpɒtɪd͡ʒd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening could hold, and reduced by morning to a thick stew of fatigue, crumbs and old conversation. pottagered adj. A drinker who has become cup-shaped in judgement and garden-minded in discourse. pottahed adj. Drunk and confidently asserting rights over every chair, table and patch of floor in the building. pottanted adj. Drunk to the point where every ill-advised decision is carefully sealed in place. pottecaried adj. Drunk in a way that turns every household substance into a plausible medicinal preparation. Nyeli was pottecaried, prescribing warm water and a teaspoon of whatever was nearest. potted (/pɒtd/) adj. You have drunk enough to treat a cooking vessel as a perfectly adequate seat.