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pasturaged adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating every patch of ground between pub and home as usable pasture. pasture day mothed adj. Still drunk, and travelling home by daylight with the uncertain urgency of something that should be nocturnal. Jolynn arrived pasture day mothed at breakfast, having mistaken dawn for the continuation of last orders. pasture thistled adj. Too drunk to move through the doorway without catching on every available obstruction. pasture ticked adj. Sufficiently drunk to cling to the nearest companion and travel home by attachment. pastured (/ˈpɑːs.tjəd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and best left in an open field until the herd returns for collection. Jayanth was pastured outside the pub, awaiting transport and a more suitable sense of direction. pasturelanded adj. Having drunk enough to turn the entire route home into a broad grazing area with no obvious boundaries. Tyhesia grew pasturelanded and wandered across the car park in search of a suitable resting place. pasturered adj. Having drunk more than the evening can contain, and requiring guidance towards whichever vehicle is grazing nearby. Joclynn became pasturered and led the waiting taxis towards the pub instead of home. pastures newed adj. You have drunk enough to seek a new, different place, chiefly because the old one has closed. pasturinged adj. You are drunk and putting yourself out to pasture before the journey home has properly begun. Shakeda was pasturinged on the bench outside, awaiting collection beneath her own coat. pasty taxed adj. Drunk enough to propose taxing the hot snacks currently sustaining you, with regrettable confidence. Laysha pasty taxed the hot snacks, while hungry friends reconsidered inviting her. pasuked adj. Drunk past the point of reciting a verse accurately, yet unwilling to omit it. Dariona became pasuked and chanted the same verse through three separate toasts. pasuljed adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing supper from a Balkan bean stew, and making no effort to do so. pat leaved adj. You are drunk and taking an unexplained absence from ordinary adult responsibilities. Khrysta got pat leaved and announced to Dolapo that work could manage without her until Tuesday. pat on the backed adj. Drunk in a way that converts every compliment into a physical gesture of approval. pat slided adj. Drunk to a degree that requires transferring your person between furniture with clinical assistance. Sandesh was pat slided from the sofa to the taxi by two increasingly patient friends. pat-a-caked adj. Still drunk, and clapping out a nursery rhyme while waiting for the cake to appear. Inocente was pat-a-caked, applauding the kettle and asking whether it had finished baking.