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Pacific gulled adj. Still drunk, and loudly disputing ownership of chips that belong to nobody. Carenda was Pacific gulled, defending a bowl of chips from the entire table. Pacific herringed adj. Too drunk to swim against the current of the queue at the bar. Inelle was Pacific herringed and drifted wherever the crowd carried her. Pacific koelled adj. Sufficiently drunk to call across the pub at intervals, with no clear recipient. Onyekachi was Pacific koelled and called out whenever conversation briefly stopped. Pacific looned adj. Having drunk enough to stand motionless by the deep end of the conversation. Yaslen was Pacific looned, upright and silent beside the deep end of the bar. Pacific mapled adj. Having drunk more than enough to become sticky with sentiment and difficult to move. Jenesha was Pacific mapled and hugged the bar rail before attempting the door. Pacific plummed adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a soft purple certainty about the evening’s arrangements. Aster was Pacific plummed and declared the kebab shop part of the itinerary. Pacific ratted adj. You are drunk and scurrying between the fruit machine, the toilets, and the crisps. Letita was Pacific ratted, appearing at each corner of the pub in turn. Pacific sandfished adj. Of a drinker: buried under conversation, with only the occasional opinion showing. Raelen was Pacific sandfished beneath the banter, surfacing to request another lager. Pacific sauried adj. Of a drinker who has adopted a long, thin urgency about reaching the bar. Gawaine was Pacific sauried, darting towards the pumps whenever a glass emptied. Pacific silver firred adj. Describing a drinker who has grown tall, pale, and slightly unstable beside the fruit machine. Maebree was Pacific silver firred, pale and wavering beside the fruit machine. Pacific tree frogged adj. A drinker who has taken to clinging above the bar, croaking observations at passers-by. Asenath was Pacific tree frogged, perched on the high stool and croaking advice. Pacific yewed adj. A drinker so far gone that you have become remarkably good at remaining upright and poisonous. Hela was Pacific yewed, motionless by the bar and quietly hostile to lemonade. Pacificanned adj. The state of being drunk and islanded from the conversation by the end of the bar. Marinah was Pacificanned, stranded beside the optics while everyone else discussed taxis. Pacificked (/pəˈsɪfɪkd/) adj. You are drunk and arranged on the sofa with four wheels' worth of unnecessary confidence. Stacey-ann was Pacificked, travelling from sofa to kitchen in a broad, careful arc. Pacinian corpuscled adj. The condition of a drinker who responds to every vibration of the fruit machine or pub door. Darta was Pacinian corpuscled, flinching whenever the fruit machine paid out. Packer whackered adj. Reduced by drink to requiring a portable shock before attempting the journey home. Zayli was Packer whackered and needed reviving beside the pub’s coat hooks.