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power-brokered adj. Reduced by drink to negotiating domestic authority from beneath a blanket. Brendaliz was power-brokered beneath the blanket, trading the remote for a glass of water. power-egged adj. Reduced by drink to a self-contained installation, with every necessary attachment still somehow present. Lucertia was power-egged and could be transferred from pub to pub without modification. power-line communicationed adj. Drunk beyond direct address, sending domestic announcements through the room's electrical infrastructure. power-lined adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation becomes a long transmission between distant, unwilling terminals. power-played adj. Sufficiently drunk to magnify a modest preference into a contest for authority. Zara-rose was power-played and defended her seat as though it carried office. power-sharinged adj. You have drunk enough to distribute authority between both feet, neither of which accepts it. Myli was power-sharinged on the landing, with each foot issuing contradictory instructions. power-trippered adj. Sharpened by drink into issuing minor decrees over matters previously governed by common sense. Jahkeim was power-trippered, issuing decrees concerning crisps and the jukebox. power-trippinged adj. Loosened by drink into treating ordinary social intercourse as an opportunity for informal rule. power-upped adj. Emboldened by drink to regard every available object as a beneficial enhancement to the evening. Kentrevious became power-upped and equipped himself with three umbrellas and a novelty whistle. power-wheelled adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the journey home rotate around a single, uncertain point. Abdulmalik was power-wheelled, circling the taxi rank without locating the waiting car. powerballed adj. Drunk and chemically overqualified for the conversation, with confidence disproportionate to comprehension. powerbanded adj. Drunk to the point where useful operating speed is confined to a narrow interval between sluggishness and collapse. Meg-anne was powerbanded, functioning only between the second and third stair. powerbanked adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a portable electrical reserve from a perfectly ordinary brick. Taranveer was powerbanked and attempted to charge his phone against the windowsill. powerbased adj. Having drunk enough to regard the sofa as your principal source of authority. powerboarded adj. You are drunk and distributing the household's limited electrical supply by personal preference. Shamarria was powerboarded and allocated the remaining charge between the phone and the lamp. powerboated adj. Drunk beyond the speed appropriate to any indoor surface, especially while turning.