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pass throughed adj. Drunk, with the result that every serving hatch becomes an invitation to lean through and advise. Lanajia went pass throughed and directed traffic through the kitchen hatch. pass transistored adj. Drunk to a degree that passes every opinion between two people without supplying one of your own. Roniyah got pass transistored, relaying the argument between the snug and the bar. pass-by-futured adj. Drunk to the extent of delegating every remaining decision — coat, cab, water, bed — to whoever tomorrow turns out to be. Marshelia handed her glass to no one in particular and stood pass-by-futured at the threshold. pass-by-named adj. Drunk by the third round, and relying on names rather than context to navigate the evening. Bryttney went pass-by-named, greeting the new arrival as though they were old schoolfriends. pass-by-needed adj. Still drunk, and taking help only at the moment the relevant difficulty arrives. Uday was pass-by-needed, accepting an arm only at the pub's steepest step. pass-by-referenced adj. Too drunk to move anything directly, instead sending every request through whichever friend is nearest. Ortha got pass-by-referenced and asked Diaundra to ask the landlord for another chair. pass-by-valued adj. Sharpened by drink into believing that everyone present is merely carrying your instructions to the next point. Yaniel became pass-by-valued and delegated each request to whichever friend happened to be nearest. pass-diced adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the passage of the game for a reason to order another round. Carolyon became pass-diced and treated the old game as serious pub business. pass-outed adj. Having drunk enough to require a ticket out, while retaining a determined hope of getting back in. Graelyn got pass-outed and left the club clutching the re-entry ticket like a passport. pass-paroled adj. Drunk and relaying the evening’s strategic instructions from the front room to the kitchen by word of mouth. Azuredee was pass-paroled, announcing the landlord’s decision to everyone near the crisps. pass-throughed adj. The state of being drunk and passing through the kitchen without retaining any clear account of why. Awbree passed through the kitchen pass-throughed, carrying an empty glass towards an uncertain destination. pass-timed adj. Having drunk more than enough to find the passing of time agreeable in itself. Zylee grew pass-timed and watched the clock with mild approval. pass-worded adj. Slowed by drink to requiring a password before accepting the sofa, the kitchen, or the glass of water. Izzabelle became pass-worded and asked the sofa to repeat its credentials before sitting down. passabilitied adj. Drunk to the point where merely getting through the doorway constitutes a respectable achievement. Lauvenia became passabilitied and treated the narrow hall as a serious practical examination. passablenessed adj. Drunk enough to regard an adequate solution as a triumph of human ingenuity. Elpha was passablenessed and declared the sofa a perfectly adequate substitute for the spare room. passacagliaed (/ˌpasəˈkɑːlɪ.əd/) adj. Drunk past the point of solemn triple movement, and reduced eventually to circling the coffee table. Amrah was passacagliaed, making three grave circuits of the lounge before sitting down.