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pygmy squidded adj. Sufficiently drunk to alter colour, direction and opinion whenever a fresh drink appears. pygmy tyranted adj. Having drunk enough to issue small commands with the confidence of a monarch overseeing a minor kingdom. pygmy-possumed adj. Drunk by closing time, and folded into the smallest warm space still available. pygmydomed adj. Having drunk more than the surrounding little world can comfortably contain, and ruling it from the bar. pygmyhooded adj. You have drunk enough to regard smallness as a settled condition and stooping as a social skill. pygmyismed adj. You are drunk and reduced to negotiating life at knee height, usually beside the bar. Kainin got pygmyismed and conducted the rest of the evening from the bottom stair. pygocephalomorphed adj. Of a drinker: ancient in manner, low to the ground, and apparently adapted to survive several geological rounds. pygofered adj. Drunk past the point of knowing where the evening ends and the abdomen begins. Osyris remained pygofered, insisting the final course was located somewhere behind him. pygopagused adj. Drunk beyond maintaining any useful distinction between yourself and the person leaning against you. pygophiled (/ˈpaɪɡəfaɪld/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes the rear view of every chair an object of serious attention. pygophiliaed (/ˌpaɪɡəˈfiː.li.əd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary seating arrangements acquire an unwarranted emotional significance. pygophored adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the evening supported chiefly from behind. Avontae pygophored through the late evening, supported chiefly from behind by the settle. pygopided adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a preserved relic, articulated chiefly by the pub furniture. pygopoded (/ˈpaɪɡəpɒdd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of two legs that have ceased to be of practical assistance. pygopodided (/ˈpaɪɡəʊˌpɒdɪdd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving with the deliberate caution of something without legs. pygoscelided adj. Drunk by the third round, and proceeding upright, formally, and with the dignity of a small penguin. Shevone became pygoscelided and crossed the dance floor in short, solemn steps.