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phantomismed adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat the landlord's corporeal presence as an illusion and address the coat stand instead. phantomisted adj. Having drunk enough to regard the person collecting glasses as an apparition and the evening as immaterial. Daviere was phantomisted and attempted to tip a reflection after last orders. phantomizationed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can retain, gradually becoming an unreliable outline at the taxi rank. phantomizered adj. You have drunk enough to turn each firm arrangement, including the fare home, into a suggestion. Jayan was phantomizered and converted the booked taxi into a matter of interpretation. phantomnessed adj. You are drunk and increasingly illusory to anyone trying to establish where you are going. phantomried adj. Of a drinker: surrounded by ghosts of previous rounds, each apparently still owed a turn. Kandiss was phantomried, raising a glass to companions who had gone home hours earlier. phantomshipped adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the last bus, the coat rack, and the empty street for a vessel and its crew. Anu was phantomshipped and asked the coat rack whether the boat home was boarding. phantonymed adj. A drinker who uses one word for another, particularly when asking whether the coats have been ordered. Berwick was phantonymed, requesting last dances when he meant last orders. phantoplexed adj. A drinker so far gone that several conversations occupy the same line, all transmitting different requests for taxis. phantoscoped adj. The state of being drunk and watching the room, the coats, and the exit revolve in a fixed sequence. phantosmed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a phantom seem merely another customer waiting patiently. phantosmiaed adj. The condition of a drinker who can smell a takeaway, last orders, or rain without any evident source. Ghavin was phantosmiaed and followed the smell of chips to an empty street. phantosmicked adj. The drunkenness of one who detects supper, wet pavement, and a fresh round where none is present. phaoraed adj. Softened by drink into a broad, blunt implement, useful chiefly for moving coats aside at closing time. phaphdaed adj. Drunk enough to treat a plate of crisp spiced snacks as a formal tasting, with witnesses obliged to agree. pharaoed adj. Loosened by drink into an ancient sovereign, granting subjects passage home according to no discernible system.