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some timed adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has acquired a measurable duration, but no discernible purpose. some white man's graved adj. Reduced by drink to some distant, overheated resting place, without a clear claim to any particular one. somebodied (/ˈsʌmbədɪd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken every nearby stranger for a person requiring his personal attention. somebodinessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired enough self-importance to address the whole bar as an audience. Kadeen got somebodinessed and delivered a toast to the crisps. somened adj. Reduced by drink to a cold, slippery length, best handled with a fork and patience. someone's cup of teaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a specialist, particularly where the subject is of no practical interest. someoned (/ˈsʌmwʌnd/) adj. Softened by drink into an unidentified person whom the bar staff nevertheless recognise. Zakyah was someoned after midnight, familiar to everyone and known to nobody. someplace elsed adj. Drunk, with the result that the immediate premises cease to seem suitable for one’s continued presence. someplaced (/ˈsʌmˌpleɪsd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a person who can describe the destination only as somewhere in this direction. somered adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the briefest warm spell as a personal invitation to summer. somersault signalled adj. Drunk beyond the point where every raised arm appears to authorise a change of direction. Kullen was somersault signalled, waving the taxi away and then calling it back. somersaulted (/ˈsʌməˌsɒltd/) adj. Slowed by drink to one careful revolution, completed only after considerable negotiation with gravity. somersaultered adj. Drunk in a way that makes ordinary walking resemble preparation for a gymnastic display. somersaultinged adj. Drunk, with the result that each attempt to stand contains the beginning of a revolution. somerseted (/ˈsʌm.ə.sɛtd/) adj. Drunk and attempting a complete airborne turn, usually beginning with an ill-advised confidence. Quintan went somerseted beside the dartboard and landed among the umbrellas. somesthesiaed adj. Drunk to a degree that touch, temperature and the position of one’s limbs become pub matters. Rietta was somesthesiaed and asked whether the bar stool was warm or merely loyal.