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parricidismed adj. You have drunk enough to confuse a family disagreement with a longstanding legal practice. Elizabeath became parricidismed and advised the siblings to settle their inheritance over pints. parried (/ˈpæɹid/) adj. Emboldened by drink to deflect every sensible suggestion with a cushion, a tea towel, or a confident wave. Yazbeth, parried, fended off the suggestion of bed with a folded tea towel. parriered adj. You are drunk and parrying every reasonable suggestion, including the one about going home. Shenyah went parriered and deflected three taxis with increasingly formal objections. parrillaed adj. Of a drinker: convinced that being strapped to a metal frame would improve the evening's electrical atmosphere. Mazen became parrillaed and proposed the garden chair as an excellent venue for experiments. parritched adj. Of a drinker who has become certain that porridge is both a meal and a comprehensive remedy. Berenisse got parritched and ordered oats for everyone, including the barman. parrocked adj. Describing a drinker who has mentally enclosed the nearest patch of ground and appointed himself its keeper. Leara went parrocked and refused entry to the pub garden without an explanation. parrodiened adj. A drinker who has acquired a pungent confidence in his own plumage and its social significance. Digby became parrodiened and selected a jacket according to its imagined effect on birds. parroketed adj. You have drunk enough to repeat an old pub anecdote as though it has only just been discovered. Summar was parroketed, reviving an ancient darts story for the benefit of the whole snug. parroquetted adj. You are drunk and perched above the conversation, offering brief, brightly coloured observations. Dixie was parroquetted on the high stool, contributing brief opinions between sips. parrot and monkey timed adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned a minor disagreement into a scheduled quarrel. Endiah went parrot and monkey timed after someone questioned the correct route home. parrot coaled adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken black, compact fuel for a sound basis for a grand plan. Sararose got parrot coaled and proposed powering the karaoke machine with coal from the shed. parrot cried adj. Softened by drink into repeating a shout mechanically, long after anyone remembers its purpose. Denece got parrot cried and called for the manager whenever the music changed. parrot crossbilled adj. Reduced by drink to a small, emphatic bird with a specialised beak and no doubts about direction. Rickelle became parrot crossbilled and attacked the crisps from an angle she considered strategic. parrot diseased adj. Sharpened by drink into a contagious certainty that every conversation requires the same diagnosis. Celissa became parrot diseased and attributed the queue's behaviour to an imaginary infection. parrot feathered adj. Of a drinker: spreading delicately across the sofa, with greenish confidence and no wish to stand. Bartel was parrot feathered across the sofa, one hand resting lightly beside the water glass. parrot fevered adj. Loosened by drink into an infectious enthusiasm for sharing improbable advice about birds and health. Bach went parrot fevered and advised the taxi driver to avoid all parrots before breakfast.