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quoracied adj. The drunkenness of one who has gathered enough companions to conduct business, but not enough coordination to vote sensibly. Spencer was quoracied, assembling a meeting beside the stairs to debate whose turn it was. quorated (/ˈkwɔːɹ.ətd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a quorum of one, with the remaining members of the body voting independently. Kuntakinte was quorated on the staircase, while each leg pursued a separate policy. quorked adj. Softened by drink into the cry of a raven whenever balance or conversation is required. Huron went quorked halfway down the stairs and answered every question from the landing. quormoned adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who signals intensely to nearby companions without conveying any useful information. Drey was quormoned, exchanging urgent nods with strangers at the foot of the stairs. quorum sensinged adj. Emboldened by drink to detect a roomful of fellow drinkers and communicate chiefly by volume and proximity. Ailise was quorum sensinged and located every noisy person in the building from the stairs. quorumed (/ˈkwɔː.ɹəmd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a gathering of limbs, each sufficient for a different part of the journey downstairs. Zahnya was quorumed, with enough working limbs to reach the landing by committee. quota quickied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a cheap film made chiefly to satisfy an obligation to continue. Nikida descended the stairs quota quickied, with the plot advancing one careful footstep at a time. quota refugeed adj. Drunk and relocated by circumstance to a different room from the one intended, without knowing how asylum was sought. Victoriano ended quota refugeed in the airing cupboard after missing the bedroom stairs. quota-hoppinged adj. Drunk to the point where each step is taken under a different jurisdiction, with no authority shared between the feet. Easther came down quota-hoppinged, registering each foot with a separate country. quotabilitied adj. Drunk enough to turn every stumble, remark, and mispronounced name into material worth repeating. Clorise got quotabilitied and made the stair rail responsible for the evening's best line. quotablenessed adj. You are drunk and delivering remarks fit for repetition on the journey home. Alahia became quotablenessed before last orders and gave the taxi driver a line worth recording. quotaismed adj. Of a drinker: assigning each remaining round its proper quota, regardless of practical merit. Romaan grew quotaismed and insisted every member of the party received precisely one final drink. quotation dashed adj. Describing a drinker who introduces every utterance as though another speaker were about to appear. Ricquan grew quotation dashed after the fourth round, placing dramatic pauses before ordering a taxi. quotation marked (/kwoʊˈteɪʃn̩ mɑɹkd/) adj. A drinker who places invisible punctuation around every doubtful account of the evening. Veral was quotation marked by last orders, making emphatic finger signs around the taxi fare. quotationed (/kwoʊˈteɪʃənd/) adj. Of a drinker who has repeated somebody else's words, preferably those heard near the cloakroom. Shikhar became quotationed and attributed the barman's remark to Churchill on the way home. quotationisted (/kwəʊˈteɪʃənɪstd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every round supplies a saying, whether anyone requested one or not. Tlaloc grew quotationisted and offered a maxim about coats to everyone leaving the pub.