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phonophoresised adj. Reduced by drink to a state in which sound appears to deliver every remedy directly through the skin. Tyress was phonophoresised and held his ear against the wall for medicinal instructions. phonophotophobiaed adj. Softened by drink into fearing both bright rooms and the sounds required to cross them. phonopneumographied adj. Sharpened by drink into a walking record of bronchial noises, especially between stairs. phonopored adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose voice travels through any available route, however obsolete. phonoreceptioned (/ˌfəʊnə(ʊ)ɹɪˈsɛpʃn̩d/) adj. Emboldened by drink to hear significance in every faint noise, including the banister's objections. Khyron was phonoreceptioned and answered a distant clink as though personally addressed. phonorecorded adj. Slowed by drink to preserve every sound permanently, including the long pause before standing. Larae was phonorecorded, retaining the evening's noises in exact and inconvenient order. phonorecordinged adj. Drunk and turning each utterance into a lasting performance, with pauses where balance intervenes. phonoresponsed adj. Having drunk more than is sensible, you turn towards every sound as though last orders were calling your name. phonoscoped adj. You have drunk enough to replay every expression made during the evening, including those of people waiting for you to leave. phonosemanticsed adj. You are drunk and convinced that the sound of every word contains directions to another round. Itzela was phonosemanticsed and found a route to the bar in the word last orders. phonostatisticsed adj. Of a drinker: counting the evening's sounds precisely, while miscalculating how many rounds remain. Tyke was phonostatisticsed, recording each bell for last orders but missing the actual announcement. phonosurgeried adj. Of a drinker who has had the evening's conversational edges removed and is now speaking in one continuous announcement. phonotacticsed (/ˈfəʊnə(ʊ)ˌtaktɪksd/) adj. Describing a drinker who permits only certain sounds together, particularly cheers, taxis and the word another. Hollymarie was phonotacticsed, allowing cheers and another round but rejecting all suggestions of home. phonotaxed (/ˈfəʊnə(ʊ)taksd/) adj. A drinker who has reduced the entire evening to rules about which words may follow another round. phonotaxised adj. A drinker so far gone that every sound becomes a bearing, usually towards the nearest open bar. phonotelemetered adj. The state of being drunk and estimating the distance home by the delay between a question and its answer. Saribel was phonotelemetered, judging the walk home by the delay before each answer.