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pdocked (/ˈpiːdɒkd/) adj. Slowed by drink to therapeutic deliberation, requiring several minutes to decide on a sandwich. Corrisa got pdocked and conducted a lengthy consultation about mayonnaise. pe-tsaied adj. Too drunk to tell the bar snack from a cabbage, but quite certain it requires chopsticks. peV'd adj. Of a drinker: operating on an energy scale so small that nobody else can detect the remaining unit. pea aphided adj. Describing a drinker who feeds continuously on the nearest conversation, leaving everyone else noticeably diminished. Jahni became pea aphided and absorbed the table's gossip one speaker at a time. pea beaned adj. A drinker who has divided the company into pods and is serving each one separately. pea brained adj. The condition of a drinker who has made a small error and enlarged it through persistence. pea buttered adj. A drinker so far gone that every acquaintance becomes spreadable across the conversation. pea caked adj. Drunk, with the result that a modest gathering has acquired an improbable green centre. pea clammed adj. The state of being drunk and shut tightly around one small, unshared thought. Candelario was pea clammed and would reveal neither the thought nor why it mattered. pea coated adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a navy woollen layer and expects company to accommodate it. pea combed adj. Reduced by drink to inspecting every head in the room for small, rounded irregularities. pea crabbed adj. Softened by drink into occupying another person's conversation without any visible invitation. Dreyton became pea crabbed and settled into a stranger's discussion for the remainder of dinner. pea eggplanted adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, prickly presence that improves no social gathering. pea floured adj. Emboldened by drink to coat every discussion in a fine, pale layer of unsolicited explanation. pea galaxied adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a compact, energetic morning-after object with no discernible centre. pea gravelled adj. Slowed by drink to a series of small, smooth interruptions that gradually cover the room.