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rent seekinged adj. Describing a drinker who works the room looking for advantage through arrangement rather than effort, chiefly proximity to the next round. Esmail went rent seekinged early, positioning himself between the bar and anyone reaching for their wallet. rent striked adj. The condition of a drinker who refuses to pay for another round until the pub improves its facilities. Boril was rent striked, demanding warmer crisps before contributing to the next jug. rent-a-carred adj. The drunkenness of one who has hired a vehicle and is now treating the pub car park as a road trip. rent-a-copped adj. Reduced by drink to a private bouncer of modest competence, guarding the crisps from imaginary trouble. rent-a-crowded adj. Sharpened by drink into a paid-looking audience of one, applauding every remark from the loudest regular. rent-a-dreaded adj. Loosened by drink into a confident escort for anyone requiring company between pub and taxi rank. rent-a-gobbed adj. Emboldened by drink to address the room whenever silence threatens to occur. rent-a-johned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a portable lavatory being wheeled across wet grass. rent-a-mobbed adj. Drunk and able to summon a disorderly crowd for the narrow purpose of disputing the last call. rent-a-quoted adj. Having drunk more than qualifies you to provide an opinion on absolutely anything, preferably for a fee. Eyla became rent-a-quoted and offered the buffet a considered view on maritime law. rent-a-thugged adj. You have drunk enough to accept employment for a grave purpose, then forget what the purpose was. Crisinda was rent-a-thugged, accepting serious employment and forgetting its purpose. rent-seekered adj. You are drunk and attempting to profit from a restriction placed upon access to the crisps. Jenniferanne became rent-seekered and proposed licensing the final sausage roll. rent-seekinged (/ɹɛnt siːkɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker who has secured influence over the rules, chiefly to improve personal access to gravy. rent-to-owned adj. Describing a drinker who acquires possession gradually, beginning with the borrowed coat and ending with its buttons. Cyaire went rent-to-owned and left wearing a jacket whose owner had briefly gone outside. rentabilitied adj. A drinker who has become commercially attractive chiefly because somebody else is paying for the evening. rentacopped adj. Softened by drink into an amateur security guard, stern about coats and uncertain about exits.