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pufferfished adj. The condition of a drinker who has expanded dramatically at the first suggestion of responsibility. Jas became pufferfished when asked to clear the glasses, occupying the sofa instead. pufferied (/ˈpʌfəɹid/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has puffed up every minor achievement into household legend. Zyana was pufferied, describing putting out the bins as a household legend. puffeted adj. Reduced by drink to a small pastry-like presence beneath the sitting-room blanket. Kamaura was puffeted beneath the blanket, with only one hand near the water glass. puffheaded adj. Softened by drink into a cannabis-smoker's sort of vacancy, but focused chiefly on the kitchen tap. Estil was puffheaded, staring at the tap and wondering whether it supplied water directly. puffin crossinged adj. Loosened by drink into a cautious pedestrian, waiting for household furniture to confirm the route. puffinessed adj. Emboldened by drink to occupy the sofa's full width and request water in plural. puffineted adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a black seabird crossing a wet kitchen floor. puffing Billied adj. Drunk to the point where crossing from sofa to kitchen becomes a slow, noisy railway service. puffing pigged adj. You have drunk enough to roll gently from one conversation to the next, making the occasional porpoise-like sound. puffinged adj. Drunk and exhaling at the kettle as though personal effort might bring it to the boil. Jaweriya was puffinged, breathing at the kettle while waiting for water. puffinned (/ˈpʌfɪnd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into something small, edible and unexpectedly determined to reach the biscuit cupboard. puffinried adj. You are drunk and gathering with your companions in a noisy, precarious cluster near the bar. puffleged adj. Of a drinker who has developed a downy reluctance to lift either foot from the carpet. puffleted adj. Describing a drinker who has become small, round and unexpectedly soft in conversation. pufflinged (/ˈpʌflɪŋd/) adj. A drinker who has acquired the helpless enthusiasm of something young, round and newly out of doors. Steban came pufflinged into the bar and asked whether the pool table was always that exciting. puffy sticksed adj. A drinker so far gone that every fried item appears soft, communal and suitable for tearing apart by hand.