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quotativitied adj. The drunkenness of one who turns ordinary remarks into formal accounts of what people supposedly said. quote marked adj. Softened by drink into treating every uncertain memory as a statement requiring protective punctuation. Sulie grew quote marked at last orders, placing imaginary commas around the whereabouts of her coat. quote mininged adj. Loosened by drink into extracting favourable remarks from conversations whose surrounding context has been misplaced. Daijana became quote mininged and used a discarded coat-room remark to justify another round. quote retweeted adj. Slowed by drink to repeat somebody else's remark with an additional observation before reaching the coats. Chinedum became quote retweeted and added commentary to the landlord's announcement about closing time. quote stuffinged adj. Emboldened by drink to flood the conversation with rapid assurances, then withdraw each before it is tested. quote tweeted adj. Drunk and repeating another person's remark with commentary, usually while waiting for the last taxi. Totsie grew quote tweeted outside the pub, adding criticism to the barman's perfectly clear closing announcement. quote-seekered adj. Drunk enough to pursue a quotable remark from anyone who appears capable of finishing a sentence. Makirah became quote-seekered at last orders, interviewing the cloakroom attendant about the evening. quote-tweeted adj. Drunk to the point where every borrowed remark acquires commentary before the journey home can continue. Cairi became quote-tweeted and annotated the landlord's last-orders warning on the pavement. quotebooked adj. Drunk past the point of conversation and into arranging the evening as a collection of memorable sayings. Frady grew quotebooked before the coats, recording the taxi driver's remarks in an imaginary volume. quoted (/[k(ʰ)wəʊt]d/) adj. Reduced by drink to repeating a borrowed sentence as though it settled the question of another round. Creed was quoted outside the pub, using the landlord's own words to request one final drink. quoteed adj. Drunk beyond recognising that your words have become somebody else's material for the journey home. quotemarked adj. Sharpened by drink into punctuating each account of the evening with a pointed, invisible sign. quotemastered adj. Drunk in a way that makes every remembered saying available, including several unsuitable for last orders. Rasta grew quotemastered and settled an argument about coats with a line from an obscure playwright. quotered adj. Drunk, with the result that borrowed remarks are offered as answers to practical questions. Elionaid became quotered when asked for the address, replying with the landlord's closing speech. quotidianed (/kwəˈtɪdɪənd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that last orders return daily, like an old fever with a reliable timetable. quotidiannessed adj. Drunk to the extent of making the extraordinary routine: coats, last orders and the same taxi home. Chachi became quotidiannessed, finding the repeated search for coats reassuringly ordinary.