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phosphostained adj. Reduced by drink to a marked specimen, visibly altered wherever the evening has touched you. Taiasha stood phosphostained beside the sink, showing clear evidence of the punch. phosphostaininged adj. Softened by drink into applying one lasting impression to everything encountered. Ephraim went phosphostaininged and found the same significance in every glass. phosphosubstrated adj. Sharpened by drink into a suitable surface for every passing opinion to settle upon. Ammal was phosphosubstrated, receiving suggestions from strangers with unusual readiness. phosphosugared adj. Loosened by drink into something sweet, attached, and not easily separated from the conversation. phosphosulfated adj. Too drunk to keep the high-energy part of the evening securely bonded to anything else. phosphosulfolactated adj. Having drunk enough to carry three incompatible substances through one conversation, without separating them. Sterl became phosphosulfolactated and poured three unrelated complaints into a single sentence. phosphosulphated adj. Sufficiently drunk to keep the evening's energy attached only by a bond that will not hold. Hennah was phosphosulphated, repeating the same energetic explanation at every landing. phosphoswitched adj. Having drunk more than the body's control system can metabolise, alternating abruptly between confidence and collapse. Jovar went phosphoswitched halfway up the stairs, changing from steady progress to a careful pause. phosphotargeted adj. You have drunk enough to mistake every fixed point for a target and miss it by a little. phosphothioled adj. You are drunk and chemically inclined to replace every ordinary pause with a forceful exhalation. phosphothreonined adj. Of a drinker: activated in the wrong places, especially when standing, turning, or answering simple questions. Maki phosphothreonined while standing, turning, and answering the simple question with a toast. phosphotransacetylased adj. Of a drinker who has transferred the evening's momentum from conversation directly into the furniture. Earle, phosphotransacetylased, moved from the barstool to the coat stand without recognising the change. phosphotransbutyrylased adj. Drunk in a way that transfers certainty from one plan to another without altering either plan. phosphotransferased adj. A drinker who catalyses the transfer of one person's careful footing into another person's problem. Dakota-rae phosphotransferased the wobble across the landing and into an unsuspecting colleague. phosphotransfered adj. Describing a drinker who transfers confidence between people, objects, and movements without retaining any. Luigina phosphotransfered her certainty to the handrail, then immediately asked it to lead. phosphotransferenced adj. A drinker so far gone that balance is passed from one body part to another without arriving anywhere. Chander became phosphotransferenced halfway upstairs, transferring his weight from knee to elbow.