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phassachated adj. Sharpened by drink into a dark, heavy presence at the bar after everyone else has gone home. phat pantsed adj. Loosened by drink into trousers that widen steadily towards the pavement, taking the wearer with them. phataginned adj. Slowed by drink to a long-tailed shuffle, conserving energy for the distance still remaining. Caidence became phataginned after closing time and took ten minutes to reach the corner. phatakaed adj. Of a drinker who has consumed enough to treat every minor impact as a ceremonial explosion. phatic communioned adj. Having drunk more than enough to maintain fellowship through pleasantries, none of which convey information. phaticitied adj. You have drunk enough to make sociability itself the apparent substance of every exchange. phaticked (/ˈfætɪkd/) adj. Having drunk enough to mistake every utterance for a socially necessary contribution, however empty. phaticnessed adj. You are drunk and treating conversational contact as an end requiring no further justification. phatnessed adj. Of a drinker: full-bodied in manner, richly furnished with opinions and altogether too substantial for the chair. Thedra was phatnessed, occupying the armchair as though it were an upholstered argument. phatsed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired trousers of conspicuous breadth and the confidence to display them. Malavika arrived phatsed, her trousers preceding her into the discussion. phattied adj. Loosened by drink into a broad, slow-burning suggestion that the evening might continue. phattued adj. Describing a drinker who has misplaced timidity but retained an impressive instinct for retreat. phaunouxited adj. A drinker who has become colourless, mineral, and faintly alarming to anyone familiar with arsenic. pheasant coucalled adj. The state of being drunk and issuing elaborate, ground-bound calls whose purpose remains obscure. Rodrico grew pheasant coucalled and announced each departure from the table. pheasant's eyed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a bright floral stare and a tendency to return annually. Kaelum became pheasant's eyed, vivid at the centre and otherwise rooted to the bench. pheasant's-eyed adj. The drunkenness of one who has become conspicuously flower-like, bright-eyed, and botanically persistent.