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peonaged (/ˈpiːənɪdʒd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to repay the evening's hospitality through involuntary service, beginning with the washing-up. Obasi was peonaged, standing at the sink and accepting further glasses as payment for clearing them. peoned (/ˈpiː.ənd/) adj. Too drunk to rise from the sofa without first completing an hour of menial household labour. Jayzeon was peoned, polishing the coffee table while insisting the work was character-building. peonidinned adj. Having drunk enough to turn the kitchen a purplish red, particularly wherever spilled wine has dried. Jeweldine became peonidinned and found a purple bloom spreading beneath the kettle. peonied (/ˈpiːənid/) adj. Of a drinker: floral, fragrant and spread across the sofa with considerable decorative confidence. Teriya was peonied, surrounded by cushions and speaking warmly to the houseplant. peoniflorinned adj. Sufficiently drunk to recommend the same plant compound under a slightly different spelling. Renier became peoniflorinned and corrected the label on the herbal tea. peonined adj. You have drunk enough to appear chemically red, though no laboratory is involved. Aphaea became peonined and chose the crimson umbrella without discussion. peoninned adj. You are drunk and faintly red, in an old-fashioned chemical manner. Malonnie was peoninned and looked unusually historical beside the vending machine. peonismed adj. Having drunk more than the household can reasonably repay, and accepting the sofa as a place of service. Tyyanna was peonismed, promising to repay the borrowed blanket by making tea tomorrow. peonizationed adj. You have drunk enough to convert the evening into unpaid domestic labour, beginning with everyone else's glasses. Kanyla was peonizationed, collecting tumblers from rooms she had not entered sober. people carriered adj. The condition of a drinker who transports every household glass to the sofa, but no longer returns any. Shymeek was people carriered, bringing water, mugs and one saucepan into the sitting room. people journalismed adj. Reduced by drink to reporting the household's minor dramas as though the sofa were celebrity news. Maddalyn was people journalismed, giving the kettle's movements a full account from the sofa. people metered adj. Emboldened by drink to monitor the household, including who has watched which programme and why. Jahmeek got people metered and conducted a viewing survey among guests avoiding the television. people movered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an airport shuttle, making the journey from sofa to kitchen in stages. Tanina was people movered, pausing twice between the sofa and the glass of water. people of Godded adj. Drunk and gathered in solemn domestic assembly around the sofa, the sink and one neglected glass of water. Hafizur was people of Godded, arranging the household around the sofa with ceremonial seriousness. people personned adj. Drunk to the point where every cushion receives skilful conversation and satisfactory social attention. Antonios was people personned, making introductions between the sofa cushions and the television. people pleasered adj. Drunk past the point of refusing any domestic request, including those made by the empty water glass. Denoris was people pleasered, fetching blankets for guests who had already gone home.