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peroxynitrited adj. Drunk on the strength of two incompatible accounts of where the coats were left. Arkley became peroxynitrited and gave two confident instructions about the cloakroom. peroxynitrous acided adj. Drunk since last orders, and still treating the journey home as a matter for formal negotiation. Virlyn was peroxynitrous acided and reopened the question of whether the taxi should stop. peroxyredoxinned adj. The drunkenness of one who protects the evening from harm by causing all its messages to change. Averleigh became peroxyredoxinned and translated the landlord's request into a toast. peroxyselenic acided adj. Drunk by the third round, and attached to the nearest companion with unusual chemical persistence. Vishak became peroxyselenic acided and followed the wrong group to their taxi. peroxytrichlorided adj. Drunk by closing time, and combining three separate reasons to remain at the bar. Awaiz went peroxytrichlorided and found three reasons not to leave after last orders. peroxytrifluoroacetic acided adj. Still drunk, and making the walk home unnecessarily elaborate through repeated explanations of the route. peroxyvanadated adj. Too drunk to distinguish the paired parts of a round, a coat check, or the journey home. perp walked adj. Having drunk enough to make the walk before the cameras seem like a reasonable journey home. perped (/pɝpd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to identify the wrong person as responsible for the missing round. Kevaughn got perped and accused the barman of withholding a round already consumed. perpend stoned adj. Drunk in a way that binds the conversation together while appearing, regrettably, on both sides of it. perpended (/pəˈpɛndd/) adj. Of a drinker who has extended the evening through every available exit and remains firmly in the way. Annai became perpended across the doorway while Yizel attempted to collect the coats. perpendered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes one a substantial obstruction, though technically a useful binder. Sannon stood perpendered between the bar and the exit, holding the evening together by accident. perpendicled adj. Drunk to the extent of hanging perfectly straight while the world acquires an unhelpful inclination. Crystalee remained perpendicled beside the bar, a plumb line in a room of dubious geometry. perpendicular axis theoremed adj. Drunk since last orders, and calculating personal stability as the sum of two horizontal errors. perpendicular pronouned adj. Drunk by the third round, and referring to oneself as though the first person required formal introduction. Monserath became perpendicular pronouned and used ‘I’ in every sentence, including requests addressed to herself. perpendicular recordinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and storing each recollection vertically, where retrieval is needlessly difficult. Isibella was perpendicular recordinged, preserving the evening in upright fragments of questionable reliability.