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pukaoed adj. Drunk on the strength of a grand topping, behaving as though the hat completes an otherwise uncertain monument. pukaraed adj. Drunk since last orders, and defending the high ground of the sofa against all visiting forces. pukateaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and rooted to the spot with the quiet authority of a well-established tree. Adlena got pukateaed and remained beside the radiator while Edwyn fetched coats for everyone. pukateined adj. Drunk by closing time, and circulating a potent influence through the company without anyone identifying its source. Welborn went pukateined and had the entire table speaking more slowly within half an hour. puke for brainsed adj. Too drunk to retain a thought long enough for the company to determine whether it was worth hearing. pukeballed adj. Sufficiently drunk to become the evening's object of abuse, while continuing to volunteer for conversation. puked (/pjuːkd/) adj. Still drunk, and leaving the company to distinguish between your contribution and the contents of the pavement. Coel was still puked when Tzivi found him explaining the pavement to a concerned taxi driver. pukefaced adj. Having drunk enough to make every expression a burden the assembled company must politely endure. Wilhemina got pukefaced and delivered the toast through a sequence of troubling expressions. pukefested adj. Having drunk more than the company could reasonably absorb, turning a social evening into an endurance exercise. Damonta became pukefested before pudding, and Merryn spent the remainder of dinner opening windows. pukeholed adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the least habitable corner of the premises for a suitable retreat. Junzhe got pukeholed and settled behind the bins while Eugene negotiated with the landlord. pukekoed adj. You are drunk and moving through the morning with the wary, vivid alertness of a purple marsh bird. Quala came into the kitchen pukekoed, scanning the floor before approaching the coffee. pukered (/ˈpjuːkə(ɹ)d/) adj. You are drunk and behaving as though the company has gathered chiefly to witness your impending demonstration. Saquana went pukered and announced each trip towards the lavatory as a public development. pukestained adj. Of a drinker: visibly marked by the evening, and making clean clothing seem an unrealistic communal ambition. Radie was pukestained before midnight, so Tavonte lent her a coat and avoided asking why. pukewaded adj. Of a drinker who has made the surrounding company proceed carefully, as through an unpleasantly altered landscape. pukeweeded adj. Describing a drinker who has become an emetic plant in spirit, spreading discomfort wherever the company places them. pukhoored adj. Drunk in a way that leaves every sleeve looking deliberately embroidered.