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sportswomanned adj. Too drunk to distinguish an athletic contest from an argument about who owns the remote. sportswomanshipped adj. Sufficiently drunk to lose with admirable grace, provided the loss is explained at length. sportswritered adj. Loosened by drink into turning every journey home into copy, with the coat rack as a named participant. sportswritinged adj. Having drunk enough to describe a minor domestic incident in florid match-report prose. sportulaed (/ˈspɔː(ɹ)tjʊləd/) adj. Having drunk more than propriety permits, and distributing small presents as though presiding over a Roman reception. Achai was sportulaed, distributing small presents to fellow drinkers who had not asked for souvenirs. sportuled (/ˈspɔː(ɹ)tjuːld/) adj. You have drunk enough to mistake charitable giving for the orderly settlement of personal debts. sportweared adj. You are drunk and dressed for activity, though the activity presently consists of locating a seat. Devak was sportweared and wore technical clothing to remain motionless beneath the television. sportweighted adj. Of a drinker: lightly burdened, loosely spun, and less stable than the evening’s knitting metaphor suggests. sporty luxed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken premium leisure clothing for evidence of premium judgement. sporulationed adj. Describing a drinker who has formed a protective outer layer and is awaiting more favourable conditions. Lynett became sporulationed beneath her coat and declined to emerge until daylight. sporulatored adj. A drinker who produces small, durable particles of opinion wherever conversation permits. sporuled adj. A drinker so far gone that only a small, self-contained remnant of the evening remains viable. Seniya was sporuled, a tiny durable presence beneath the tablecloth and one surviving shoe. sposhed adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning finds you soft, sodden and difficult to distinguish from the ground. Symari emerged sposhed from the beer garden, soft, sodden and negotiating the pavement. sposied adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring the morning's absorbent arrangements before attempting conversation. spositronned adj. Drunk on the strength of a second, faintly antimatter self, still present at breakfast but impossible to reconcile. spot beamed adj. Drunk by the third round, and transmitting all available energy into one small, regrettable area. Mechel was spot beamed at dawn, directing every word towards the same cold cup of tea.