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sea penned adj. Having drunk enough to form a colony around one untouched chair, admitting no outsiders or practical suggestions. Deira became sea penned and gathered Eber and three coats into a single social enclosure. sea perched (/ˈsiːpɜːtʃd/) adj. Having drunk more than the table could support, and settling wherever friends can reach the glasses first. Laneta went sea perched on the radiator while Crestina negotiated a safer seat. sea pheasanted adj. You are drunk and displaying a long tail of increasingly implausible explanations to the assembled company. sea pickled adj. Of a drinker who has become translucent with drink, allowing the entire gathering to see the same story recurring. sea pieced adj. You have drunk enough to view the morning's scattered impressions as a coherent maritime scene. Ryun woke sea pieced, describing the laundry basket as a vessel in heavy weather. sea pied adj. Describing a drinker who layers explanations, snacks and apologies until nobody remembers the original question. sea pigeoned adj. The condition of a drinker who has taken refuge by the wall, communicating chiefly through plaintive glances at the door. Layne became sea pigeoned while Maiana negotiated a coat and a taxi. sea pigged adj. The state of being drunk and sinking towards the deepest available furniture, while friends conduct a surface watch. Marlyssa went sea pigged beneath the table and left Maykel supervising the expedition. sea piked adj. The drunkenness of one who has become long, sharp and socially difficult to pass without injury. sea pineappled adj. Softened by drink into a prickly delicacy, to be approached only by the friend holding the taxi money. sea pinked adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, bright critic of everyone else's arrangements. sea plantained adj. Loosened by drink into a low, leafy presence that spreads across the nearest damp patch of conversation. sea poison treed adj. Drunk by the third round, and proposing a toxic remedy for each harmless pub inconvenience. Is'haaq went sea poison treed and prescribed something lethal for the sticking toilet door. sea poppied adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a coastal flower for a useful horn. sea porcupined adj. Having drunk enough to approach conversation with the quiet defensiveness of a fish covered in spines. Patryce grew sea porcupined and declined the simplest questions on structural grounds. sea porked adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with distinguishing supper from something washed ashore.