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quarter-finalled adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the next conversation as a knockout competition. quarter-houred adj. Reduced by drink to fifteen-minute intervals of misplaced certainty, each announced to the company. quarter-illed adj. Softened by drink into a person whose alarming enthusiasm leaves everyone else keeping distance. Dianelly went quarter-illed and pursued the departing band for a second encore. quarter-life crisised adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing an existential question from the need for water and a clean shirt. quarter-mastered adj. Drunk beyond being able to provide quarters, provisions, or a reliable route between them. quarter-miled adj. Emboldened by drink to cross a quarter-mile for a person, object or idea nobody else values. quarter-milered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a tired athlete, while companions provide unsolicited encouragement. Enki became quarter-milered between the pub and taxi rank, applauded by two embarrassed friends. quarter-munchered adj. Drunk to the point where every small payment becomes a personal victory over the assembled company. quarter-piped adj. Drunk past the point of recognising a small ramp as anything other than an invitation. Hadrian became quarter-piped and tried to skateboard over the pub’s welcome mat. quarter-plated adj. Drunk in a way that preserves the evening in four inches by three, with inconvenient clarity. quarter-pointed adj. A drinker so far gone that every uncertain direction has acquired an official subdivision. Jessica-taylor became quarter-pointed and corrected the driver's heading by increasingly fine increments. quarter-poundered adj. Drunk, with the result that every meal becomes a formal matter for the whole table. Evani went quarter-poundered and took a poll before ordering chips for everyone. quarter-rounded adj. Drunk on the strength of a few curved certainties, which companions must politely avoid disturbing. quarter-staffed adj. Having drunk more than enough to use a long wooden support for ordinary movement. Christobal became quarter-staffed and converted the broom into assistance on the stairs. quarter-staved adj. You have drunk enough to require a stout wooden companion whenever the floor changes level. quarter-suckered adj. Drunk since last orders, and still feeding coins into the machine while friends arrange the departure.