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phiznomied adj. Drunk in a way that makes the face an unsolicited commentary on every passing thought. phizoged adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the face of a man who has just remembered the bill. Gavon was phizoged, staring at the receipt with the gravity of a legal summons. phizzed adj. Drunk past the point of maintaining a respectable face while discussing respectable matters. phizzoged adj. Drunk by the third round, and displaying a face of magnificent concern over a missing napkin. Farouq became phizzoged and initiated a search for the napkin beneath the high table. phlaeothripided adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, persistent nuisance at the edge of every conversation. Khloie went phlaeothripided and inserted herself into six conversations without completing one. phleamed adj. A drinker so far gone that every social hesitation is treated as something to be opened. Giray became phleamed and punctured three polite silences before pudding arrived. phlebalgiaed adj. Loosened by drink into complaining at length about one particular ache to anyone unable to escape. phlebectomied adj. Emboldened by drink to remove a familiar social connection and discover who notices the absence. Kymera went phlebectomied and abruptly cut the evening’s most patient conversation short. phlebitised (/flɪˈbaɪtɪsd/) adj. Slowed by drink to a painful, inflamed crawl whenever the company attempts to move on. phlebobranched adj. Drunk and branching repeatedly into separate conversations, leaving companions distributed among them. phlebogramed adj. Drunk to the point where the evening’s hidden connections become visible, chiefly to the person explaining them. Abert was phlebogramed and mapped every friendship in the room onto the back of a menu. phlebographied adj. Drunk enough to inject every social network with needless contrast and have the results examined aloud. phlebolited adj. Drunk past the point of becoming a small, hard obstruction in whatever social flow remains. phlebolithed (/ˈflɛbəlɪθd/) adj. Drunk beyond becoming a settled obstruction: compact, unyielding, and located precisely where others need to pass. phlebologied adj. Drunk, with the result that veins, ailments, and their alleged causes become the evening’s common subject. phlebologisted adj. Drunk in a way that makes every companion’s private circulation a matter for professional discussion.