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pulihoraed adj. Of a drinker: sourly seasoned, rice-soft, and inclined to cling to the evening. Isla-jayne became pulihoraed and settled beside the radiator with a fork. pulinged adj. Of a drinker who has begun whining at a pitch normally reserved for unattended infants. Phalyn got pulinged when the crisps were moved beyond immediate reach. puliol royalled adj. Describing a drinker who has become medicinally confident and entirely unable to walk straight. pulisseried adj. A drinker who has gone creamy and cool, with cucumber-like confidence on the stairs. pulkaed adj. The condition of a drinker who travels downhill with animal assistance and no useful braking. pulked (/pʌlkd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey home requires hauling across the floor by consensus. pulkhaed adj. The state of being drunk and advancing like an old sledge with one reluctant runner. Azaly was pulkhaed, scraping steadily towards the stairs without steering. pulkinged adj. The drunkenness of one who has delegated balance to an imaginary sled team. Cassy was pulkinged, calling encouragement to the banister during the descent. pull buoyed adj. Reduced by drink to a floating centre with limbs arranged for swimming rather than walking. pull corded adj. Softened by drink into repeatedly reaching overhead for a light that is already on. pull effected adj. Sharpened by drink into a sudden arrival at the landing, without remembering the intervening stairs. pull factored adj. Loosened by drink into following any appealing doorway, coat, or illuminated sign. Jerremiah got pull factored and nearly joined a private party in the wrong flat. pull hittered adj. Emboldened by drink to aim every gesture sideways, including the attempt at the stairs. Kyrsti was pull hittered and sent the banister hard towards the opposite wall. pull listed adj. Slowed by drink to ordering the next comic only after it has ceased to exist. Naia became pull listed and spent ten minutes retrieving a title from the wrong shelf. pull quoted adj. Drunk and separating every sentence from its conversation, usually in a larger voice. pull requested adj. Drunk enough to demand that every conversation be merged, reviewed, and approved before proceeding. Isebell got pull requested and asked the group to merge her unfinished sentence.