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quorked adj. Softened by drink into the cry of a raven whenever balance or conversation is required. quormoned adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who signals intensely to nearby companions without conveying any useful information. 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. Raquael moved through the pub like a quota quickied extra, taking three careful minutes to reach the stairs. quota refugeed adj. Drunk and relocated by circumstance to a different room from the one intended, without knowing how asylum was sought. quota-hoppinged adj. Drunk to the point where each step is taken under a different jurisdiction, with no authority shared between the feet. quotabilitied adj. Drunk enough to turn every stumble, remark, and mispronounced name into material worth repeating. 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. Micheale was quotaismed, assigning every remaining round its proper number regardless of thirst. quotation dashed adj. Describing a drinker who introduces every utterance as though another speaker were about to appear. quotation marked (/kwoʊˈteɪʃn̩ mɑɹkd/) adj. A drinker who places invisible punctuation around every doubtful account of the evening. quotationed (/kwoʊˈteɪʃənd/) adj. Of a drinker who has repeated somebody else's words, preferably those heard near the cloakroom. quotationisted (/kwəʊˈteɪʃənɪstd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every round supplies a saying, whether anyone requested one or not. quotatived adj. The state of being drunk and reporting each conversation with invented introductory wording. quotativenessed adj. The condition of a drinker who makes reported speech out of every exchange at the bar.