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prickmadamed adj. Drunk by closing time, and medicinal only in the sense that everyone recommends a lie-down. prickmedaintied adj. Drunk on the strength of a slightly superior manner and an empty glass. prickpunched adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which a pointed tool is an adequate explanation for anything. prickshafted adj. Still drunk, and travelling in a straight line with the misplaced confidence of an arrow. pricksonged adj. Too drunk to follow written music, yet determined to conduct the journey by dots and points. prickteasered adj. Having drunk more than the evening can deliver, and still promising a memorable departure. prickwaded adj. You have drunk enough to become the objection everyone meets on the way to the door. Aloura was prickwaded beside the coat rack, objecting to each proposed route home. prickwooded adj. You are drunk and woody with immobility, requiring patience, outerwear, and a sensible route home. pride festivaled adj. Describing a drinker who turns the walk to the taxi rank into a public procession. Liany was pride festivaled after closing, leading the group beneath the brightest shop signs. pride flagged adj. A drinker who displays every available signal of confidence while failing to locate the exit. pride of Barbadosed adj. A drinker so far gone that the coat rack becomes a tropical display and the pavement a garden path. pride of Burmaed adj. The state of being drunk and showily floral, especially while waiting for a car that has not been booked. Emeris was pride of Burmaed at the kerb, magnificent beneath the streetlight and without a taxi. pride of Californiaed adj. The condition of a drinker who flourishes brightly at the bar, then wilts during the walk home. Dakeem was pride of Californiaed at the bar, then wilted beside the cash machine. pride of Indiaed adj. The drunkenness of one who treats a modest departure as an attractive botanical exhibition. Mckye was pride of Indiaed at the taxi rank, pointing out the beauty of every nearby plant. pride of Ohioed adj. Reduced by drink to a primula-like pause beside the coats, awaiting spring or a lift home. Fionnghuala was pride of Ohioed by closing time, seated beneath the coat hooks and awaiting transport. pride of authorshipped adj. Softened by drink into regarding the evening's failed arrangements as a work personally worth signing.