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phosphoenolpyruvic acided adj. Still drunk, and lingering in the useful part of the evening long after its energy has been spent. Antonya was phosphoenolpyruvic acided, explaining the same point while Hau collected everyone’s coats. phosphoenoylpyruvated adj. Drunk by the third round, and insisting that an alternative pronunciation makes the same embarrassing story new. Linxi became phosphoenoylpyruvated and claimed the revised pronunciation rescued the same story. phosphoenrichmented adj. Too drunk to distinguish ordinary company from a carefully selected audience, and enriching every room with unwanted detail. phosphoenzymed adj. Sufficiently drunk to remain technically active while every useful reaction is being conducted by somebody else. phosphoepitoped adj. Having drunk enough to display one unmistakable conversational feature by which the whole room identifies you. Rohith became phosphoepitoped by his repeated toast to local history. phosphoesterased adj. You have drunk enough to hydrolyse every promise made earlier, leaving friends with the original components. phosphoestered adj. Having drunk more than the occasion required, and forming inappropriate bonds with everyone within conversational range. Contrena got phosphoestered and attached herself to Eliyana’s dinner party for the rest of the night. phosphoethanolamined adj. You are drunk and treating the nearest gathering as though it were a family occasion requiring a speech. phosphoethered adj. Of a drinker: socially bonded by an invisible connection, despite being plainly unsuitable company for anyone present. phosphoferrited adj. Of a drinker who has become a heavy, conspicuous feature of the gathering and must be accommodated accordingly. phosphofibrited adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired several hard, conflicting qualities, leaving companions to handle the edges carefully. phosphoflowed adj. Drunk, with the result that one’s various enthusiasms pass visibly through the evening in separate streams. Joanie was phosphoflowed, displaying successive enthusiasms under the scrutiny of the whole pub. phosphofluoridated adj. Drunk in a way that treats every conversation as a reversible exchange of charged particles. Yavanna spent supper phosphofluoridated, passing remarks between tables without lasting attachment. phosphoformed adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening acquires a second, modified version of you. phosphofructaldolased adj. Drunk to a degree that divides every sweet matter in the room into two less manageable portions. Sothea was phosphofructaldolased and split the pudding between two unrelated arguments. phosphofructokinased adj. Drunk on the strength of turning modest sugars into a matter requiring two separate payments.