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public domainnessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced that copyright restrictions no longer apply to other people's possessions. public enemied adj. Drunk by closing time, and certain that anyone who disagrees has become an antisocial threat. public enemy number oned adj. Still drunk, and ranking yourself first on an imaginary list of people the authorities are most eager to find. Shikia became public enemy number oned and hid behind the pub's least convincing curtain. public eyed adj. Drunk to the extent of attracting attention from strangers, and mistaking general curiosity for a mandate. public figured adj. Sufficiently drunk to assume that a familiar face in the room makes you a person of general interest. Hakan became public figured and gave interviews about the merits of his own jacket. public financed adj. Having drunk enough to design a funding system for the group, beginning with compulsory contributions from those absent. public fundsed adj. Having drunk more than the bar can justify, yet lending the last of your money to a government-shaped idea. Arlynda public fundsed the last of the bar money into a government-shaped idea on the walk home. public gooded adj. You have drunk enough to mistake your personal preference for the general welfare and enforce it accordingly. public health funeraled adj. Describing a drinker who has given the evening a pauper's send-off and still expects applause for economy. public healthed adj. You are drunk and delivering preventive guidance on sanitation to people eating chips. public hearinged adj. A drinker so far gone that every private disagreement becomes an open judicial proceeding. Yaschia became public hearinged and invited the entire pub to hear the case against her umbrella. public historianed adj. The state of being drunk and treating each recent mistake as heritage requiring careful preservation. public historied adj. Drunk on the strength of turning each social error into an anecdote already familiar to the neighbourhood. public holidayed adj. Drunk on the strength of a day off, and treating breakfast dishes as tomorrow’s concern. Kandyn woke public holidayed on the sofa, guarding a glass of water like a bank holiday entitlement. public hotelled adj. Drunk since last orders, and continuing the hospitality at home with toast and a blanket. public housed adj. Drunk since last orders, and regarding the nearest sofa as an inn whose bar remains nominally open. Hovhannes was public housed beside the radiator, awaiting breakfast with the patience of an old regular.