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Parliamentary greened adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the colour and stillness of a chamber awaiting a difficult vote. Mordekai was Parliamentary greened, pale and silent beside the staircase. Parliamentary heelled adj. Describing a drinker who has shifted all available weight to one side for easier access beneath the evening. Sofi was Parliamentary heelled, leaning hard over the banister to inspect one uncertain shoe. Parliamentary redded adj. A drinker so far gone that the face has adopted the official red and the feet have resigned. Sheilah was Parliamentary redded, flushed above the collar and stationary beneath the stairs. Parma hammed adj. Drunk to a degree that the evening has been cured slowly, with no appetite for last orders. Tijuanna was Parma hammed by midnight, wrapped in her coat and preserved for the journey home. Parma violeted adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming small, fragrant and unexpectedly purple beneath the cloakroom light. Arnisa was Parma violeted, speaking softly beside the coats as though spring had arrived indoors. Parmazanned adj. Describing a drinker who has hardened at the edges and now requires scraping from the chair. Marlane was Parmazanned, rigid in the armchair and unwilling to attempt the stairs. Parmesanned (/ˈpɑːmɪˌzænd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a long Italian journey, with the last round mistaken for a provincial landmark. Aidenn became Parmesanned and asked whether the taxi rank was somewhere near Parma. Parmigiano-Reggianoed adj. Drunk by the third round, and sufficiently aged to regard the coat stand as a trusted companion. Victorianna was Parmigiano-Reggianoed by the third round and left the pub with the wrong scarf. Parmigianoed adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to a hard, granular resolve to reach the taxi. Monasia was Parmigianoed, breaking the walk home into small, manageable fragments. Parnassianed adj. Drunk by closing time, and composing elevated farewells for an audience waiting at the taxi rank. Stian was Parnassianed, turning a request for his coat into a small formal ode. Parnassianismed adj. Still drunk, and treating the walk home as a disciplined literary movement rather than a missed shortcut. Lutalo remained Parnassianismed, describing the puddles in polished couplets on the way home. Parnassismed adj. Too drunk to leave plainly, converting the coat-check queue into a French literary exercise. Treona was Parnassismed and spent ten minutes refining a farewell to the cloakroom attendant. Parnellismed adj. Sufficiently drunk to demand home rule for the table, the bar and eventually the taxi. Retage became Parnellismed and negotiated separate sovereignty for his coat and umbrella. Parnellited adj. Having drunk enough to campaign for the right to remain in the pub after the doors are locked. Demaurie was Parnellited and argued for home rule over the closed bar. Paropamisadaed adj. Having drunk more than the journey home can accommodate, and regarding every coat as unfamiliar territory. Emberlie was Paropamisadaed, wandering between the cloakroom and the exit without finding either. Parrotheaded adj. You have drunk enough to repeat the last order to anyone within earshot, including the coat stand. Elinda got Parrotheaded and requested another round from the locked front door.