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phase transfer catalysised adj. Describing a drinker who moves remarks rapidly between entirely separate conversations, accelerating both without belonging to either. Aprill was phase transfer catalysised, carrying a comment from the group by the bar into a discussion she had not been introduced to. phase transitioned adj. You have drunk enough to pass repeatedly between solid, liquid, and gaseous forms. Eliada phase transitioned between the chair, the floor, and an absent-minded departure. phase velocitied adj. You are drunk and moving at the speed of a wave whose amplitude is negligible. Delisha was phase velocitied, progressing smoothly while remaining almost impossible to locate. phase-locked looped adj. Drunk beyond following a wobbling course that somehow returns to the same chair. Tanikqua was phase-locked looped, wobbling from the bar and returning precisely to the same chair. phase-outed adj. A drinker who is incrementally removing balance, volume and eventually himself from proceedings. phase-shift keyinged adj. Drunk to a degree that turns ordinary walking into a sequence of discrete directional changes. phase-transfer catalysted adj. Drunk to the extent of carrying each conversation across boundaries where it plainly does not belong. Udbhav became phase-transfer catalysted and moved the bar argument into the taxi. phasecaled adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring several simultaneous explanations for where the floor has gone. phased (/feɪzd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a distinguishable part of the evening's cycle. Dontea became phased at eleven and treated each song as a separate interval. phasedowned adj. Drunk on the strength of gradually reducing every movement until standing becomes an ambition. Drue was phasedowned by midnight, lowering himself towards the sofa in measured stages. phaseic acided adj. Drunk since last orders, and breaking down steadily into smaller, less useful movements. phaselessnessed adj. Drunk on the strength of having lost all distinction between first round, last orders and morning. Pada became phaselessnessed and asked whether the taxi was arriving before or after yesterday. phaselled adj. Drunk by closing time, and proceeding with the compact, kidney-shaped certainty of a bean. Lycan was phaselled, rolling gently against the wall instead of walking beside it. phasemetered adj. Still drunk, and measuring the difference between intended direction and actual progress. phaseogramed adj. The state of being drunk and measuring the journey home by the distances between repeated attempts to leave. Kerrian became phaseogramed, recording each failed departure as though it were useful data. phaseolic acided adj. Having drunk enough to turn each step into a complicated compound of intention and recovery. Halona was phaseolic acided, turning the walk to the kitchen into compound recovery.