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percent signed adj. Drunk beyond recognising the symbol on the till, and treating it as an invitation to continue. Dysen was percent signed and pointed at the till whenever another round was suggested. percentage diced adj. Drunk to a degree that makes loaded dice seem like a reasonable explanation for losing at cribbage. Keyarra was percentage diced and accused the dice of favouring the other side of the table. percentage pointed adj. Drunk to the extent of arguing over a hundredth of a difference while missing the main point entirely. Sharhonda was percentage pointed, disputing the exact rise in volume between two orders. percentage rated adj. Drunk since last orders, and assessing every friendship as a changing fraction of the evening. Keyvan was percentage rated, revising his affection for the pub with each remaining sip. percentaged (/ˈpɚsɛnt(e)ɪd͡ʒd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every part of the evening is measured against the whole pint. Baris was percentaged and calculated the crisps consumed as a proportion of supper. percented (/pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntd/) adj. Drunk past the point of treating a small fraction as a persuasive reason to stay. Lexiann was percented and called two mouthfuls of stout a substantial remaining portion. percentered (/pəˈsɛn.təd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and behaving as though belonging to a small, select proportion of humanity. Akirra was percentered, claiming the corner table for her newly distinguished minority. percentilationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and sorting everyone in the pub into increasingly precise ranks of sobriety. Sheldan was percentilationed, placing the landlord above the barmaid and himself somewhere uncertain. percentile diced adj. Loosened by drink into two numbered cubes, consulted whenever the evening requires a percentage. Mikecia became percentile diced and rolled for the likelihood of finding her coat. percentiled (/pəˈsɛn.taɪld/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a precise boundary between the people who are leaving and those ordering chips. Sudeep grew percentiled, distinguishing the final round from the one immediately preceding it. percentilered adj. Emboldened by drink to assign everyone a rank, including the person quietly clearing the glasses. Nyzere became percentilered and placed the doorman in the upper quartile for patience. perceptanalysised adj. Drunk and interpreting the contents of the ashtray as a revealing psychological composition. Inesh became perceptanalysised and diagnosed the crisps as evidence of repressed ambition. percepted (/ˈpɜːsɛptd/) adj. Slowed by drink to receive each ordinary object as though it were an unprecedented revelation. Rhue became percepted by the coat stand and regarded it with prolonged intellectual seriousness. perceptibilitied adj. Drunk to the point where every faint sound acquires the status of an undeniable event. Kimbrell grew perceptibilitied and heard the refrigerator's complaint from two rooms away. perceptibled (/pəˈsɛptɪbl̩d/) adj. Drunk enough to become noticeable in every available sense, particularly when attempting the stairs. Ruchika was perceptibled before reaching the doorway, chiefly through the careful silence that followed. perceptiblenessed adj. Drunk past the point of being merely present and into the realm of being remarked upon. Oradee was perceptiblenessed, though nobody could say precisely when the transformation had occurred.