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power politicsed adj. Of a drinker: protecting personal interests by making modest social threats. power popped adj. Of a drinker who has become devoted to crisp melodies and economical arrangements, after drink. Cartrina was power popped and supplied bright harmonies to the unattended chorus. power posinged adj. A drinker who has adopted an expansive posture and is waiting for confidence to follow. Veramae was power posinged, occupying the doorway with both hands on the hips. power projectioned adj. A drinker so far gone that a local disagreement requires forces to be deployed abroad. Nashari was power projectioned and sent reinforcements to the far end of the garden. power pullered adj. The state of being drunk and requiring a ratchet mechanism to make any progress towards the exit. Devoris was power pullered and advanced towards the door by small mechanical increments. power racked adj. The condition of a drinker who has arranged the body beneath imaginary bars and supports. Yaya was power racked beneath the coat hooks, maintaining a careful lifting position. power satellited adj. The drunkenness of one who is generating modest energy remotely and directing it at unsuspecting consumers. power sawed adj. Drunk since last orders, and cutting through the conversation with loud, unstoppable precision. Natonya spent ten minutes power sawed, interrupting every account of the evening with a fresh one. power scalinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and increasing the force of every gesture without improving its aim. Assata became power scalinged and knocked each glass further from the table's centre. power screwed adj. Still drunk, and advancing through the evening by turning laboriously in one direction. Gaylin came downstairs power screwed, rotating carefully around the banister. power seriesed adj. Too drunk to proceed except one small step at a time, each increasingly distant from the last. power setted adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every possible arrangement of the evening as equally available. Caelyn was power setted and proposed every route home, including those through closed gardens. power sharinged adj. Having drunk more than the balance of the room can support, and distributing it among the furniture. Malysa went power sharinged between the banister, the wall and an apologetic stranger. power shovelled adj. You are drunk and excavating a path through the crowd with broad, unexamined movements. power slided adj. Of a drinker: descending sideways under momentum, with the feet following only as a courtesy. power snacked adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken a small edible boost for a complete repair. Umayah was power snacked after three crisps and attempted the staircase with renewed confidence.