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ptyxised (/ˈtɪksɪsd/) adj. Loosened by drink into the sort of folding normally reserved for a leaf before opening. pu'ered (/ˈpʊəɹd/) adj. Having drunk enough to require a dark fermented tea before attempting the journey home. pu-erhed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can absorb, and now requiring fermented tea before departure. puaed adj. You have drunk enough to scrape rhythmically at the empty glass as though it were a musical instrument. puaiohied adj. You are drunk and making the small, endangered-bird journey from bar to taxi rank. puaokamaed adj. Of a drinker: prickly, trailing seeds of conversation, and difficult to carry towards the taxi. pub cheesed adj. Describing a drinker who has softened into a beer-laced spread and cannot manage the coat zip. pub crawled adj. A drinker who has visited enough houses to make walking home an extended itinerary. pub crawlered adj. The state of being drunk and unable to distinguish the journey home from another circuit of bars. Nafiso was pub crawlered, turning towards each illuminated frontage on the way home. pub cricketed adj. The condition of a drinker who scores passing pub signs while the vehicle carries them home. Jemeria was pub cricketed, awarding six runs to a sign nobody else had noticed. pub golfed adj. The drunkenness of one who has treated each public house as a hole and every sip as a stroke. Eries was pub golfed, comparing the evening's score while searching for the last train. pub grubbed adj. Reduced by drink to regard chips and gravy as a complete travel plan. pub quiz questioned adj. Sharpened by drink into demanding a tie-breaker before surrendering the table to the next round. Kandle became pub quiz questioned and disputed the taxi's arrival time as a matter of fact. pub quizzed adj. Softened by drink into answering every closing-time announcement as though it were a quiz question. pub rocked adj. Loosened by drink into bluesy movement, particularly while waiting for the night bus. pub tested adj. Emboldened by drink to submit the taxi route, the bill, and last orders to public opinion. Deangleo went pub tested and polled the queue on whether the taxi was worth taking.