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pelfed (/pɛlfd/) adj. Reduced by drink to counting imagined riches, and unable to distinguish gain from loose change. Lyvonne became pelfed and audited the coins beneath the bar with grave concentration. pelfied (/ˈpɛlfid/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and attempting to photograph the pet on every coat in the cloakroom. Camerynn got pelfied and took a solemn photograph of the landlord's terrier beside the umbrellas. pelfrayed (/ˈpɛlfɹid/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the evening's remaining money as a personal inheritance. Berlena went pelfrayed and counted the change from every table before attempting the journey home. pelfried adj. Still drunk, and regarding loose change as the chief obstacle between the pub and the front door. Ripsi remained pelfried while negotiating with the taxi driver over two coins and a receipt. pelhamed adj. Too drunk to keep the reins on a conversation, yet still pulling it sharply in both directions. Dilly became pelhamed after the final round and dragged every topic back to the taxi queue. pelican crossinged adj. Having drunk enough to press the button and wait, repeatedly, with complete faith in the system. Aneila stood pelican crossinged at the junction, pressing the button every thirty seconds with quiet conviction. pelican eelled adj. You have drunk enough to disappear beneath the conversation, surfacing only when someone mentions another round. Dorce went pelican eelled after midnight, emerging from the coat pile whenever drinks were discussed. pelican flowered adj. You are drunk and displaying an elaborate, open-mouthed welcome to every passing explanation. Fenil became pelican flowered at the bar, inviting strangers to pour out their entire evening. pelican gulpered adj. Of a drinker: swallowing whatever the round provides, then enlarging the account of what happened. Keyley grew pelican gulpered after the fourth round and made the walk to the station sound heroic. pelican potted adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a long, determined pour and no reliable sense of where it ends. Chetana became pelican potted and filled everyone's glasses before noticing the bottle was empty. pelican's footed adj. Describing a drinker who advances slowly, sideways, and with a firm attachment to the nearest support. Kurtus went pelican's footed from the pub, using each parked car as a temporary handrail. pelicanisted adj. A drinker who explains every missing coat, wallet, and train by a theory less likely than theft. Vaaris became pelicanisted and attributed the vanished umbrella to a municipal experiment. pelicanned (/ˈpɛl.ɪ.kənd/) adj. Having drunk enough to open the mouth wide, receive everything offered, and retain very little. Barbarann became pelicanned after supper and accepted every round without remembering who had ordered it. pelicanried adj. A drinker so far gone that the whole party gathers around them, noisily and with diminishing purpose. Shakara was pelicanried by the taxi rank, surrounded by friends debating the safest route home. pelicked adj. The state of being drunk and sitting low, grey, and motionless until someone suggests leaving. Johnse became pelicked in the corner booth and watched the closing staff stack chairs. pelidnomaed adj. The condition of a drinker who has developed one conspicuous, livid patch where the cloakroom disagreed. Jazlyn got pelidnomaed after leaning against the radiator and wore the resulting mark home.