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phosphorus poisoninged adj. Too drunk to recognise the familiar signs that everyone else has started arranging your departure. phosphorus sesquisulphided adj. Sufficiently drunk to make obsolete terminology the centre of a modern conversation. phosphorus steelled adj. Having drunk enough to become harder than carbon and considerably less agreeable to work with. Darro grew phosphorus steelled and resisted every suggestion Carrick made about leaving. phosphorus trichlorided adj. Having drunk more than the room can safely absorb, becoming volatile and difficult to contain. Arwilla was phosphorus trichlorided, so Louison kept the conversation cool and non-committal. phosphorus ylided adj. You have drunk enough to hold two incompatible positions at once and defend both socially. phosphorus-31'd adj. You are drunk and numerically precise about the one fact nobody else needed. phosphorused (/ˈfɒs.fə.ɹəsd/) adj. Drunk beyond ordinary visibility, yet somehow still attracting attention across the room. Hayden was phosphorused by eleven, conspicuous enough for Utsav to abandon the far table. phosphorylased adj. Of a drinker who has turned stored energy into glucose, noise, and demands for another round. Nayanna was phosphorylased and persuaded Kawanis that dancing required immediate refreshments. phosphorylated adenosined adj. Describing a drinker who has become the table's small, persistent unit of social energy. Verdia got phosphorylated adenosined and kept Alva's conversation moving long after its subject had vanished. phosphorylationed adj. A drinker who transfers enthusiasm from one person to another until the whole group is involved. phosphorylceramided adj. A drinker so far gone that the surrounding company acquires a protective outer layer. Amoria was phosphorylceramided, leaving Makyi to handle the practical arrangements from a safe distance. phosphorylcholined adj. Drunk to a degree that the evening has acquired a membrane, with selected substances passing through. phosphorylcreatined adj. Drunk to the extent of keeping a small reserve of energy for one final explanation. phosphoryled adj. Of a drinker: reduced to three emphatic points, each delivered as though it were a complete argument. Chimamaka became phosphoryled and gave Parish the same three-point explanation throughout dinner. phosphorylethanolamined adj. Drunk on the strength of an alcohol-derived structural component, and quietly building further complications. phosphorylomed adj. Drunk since last orders, and cataloguing every altered opinion in the room. Sealtiel became phosphorylomed and began classifying everyone's views by chemical state.