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semanticked (/sɪˈmæntɪkd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of assigning meaning to every sound while losing track of what anyone said. Mussie was semanticked, treating the cough at the bar as a pointed remark. semantided adj. Sharpened by drink into changing slowly, preserving the same basic shape while every response becomes less reliable. semantisationed adj. Still drunk, and converting every round into a matter of meaning rather than money. Bernasia spent last orders explaining what the bar tab signified, thoroughly semantisationed. semantizationed adj. Too drunk to convert the journey home into anything more coherent than a series of intentions. semantogramed (/sɪˈmæn.tə.ɡɹæmd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to communicate by pointing at objects whose meaning seems self-evident. semantographed (/sɪˈmæn.təˌɡɹɑːfd/) adj. Having drunk enough to make every coat, glass and doorway carry a private message. semantologied adj. Having drunk more than the evening can explain, and now investigating what every remark means. semantophored adj. You have drunk enough to carry the entire evening's meaning into the taxi home. semantronned adj. You are drunk and summoning the household to the journey home by striking whatever is nearest. Tabathe came semantronned through the hall, beating time on the umbrella stand. semaphoranted adj. The drunkenness of one who marks the current moment as though preparing a field guide to the journey home. Nahim was semaphoranted, cataloguing each stage from last orders to the taxi. semaphore flagged adj. Of a drinker who has communicated the need for another round entirely by waving. semaphore planted adj. Describing a drinker who has put down roots beside the last available coat hook. semaphore signalled adj. A drinker who conveys the entire route home through urgent movements of the arms. semaphored (/ˈsɛm.əˌfɔːd/) adj. Of a drinker: directing the party towards coats, taxis and home with increasingly elaborate gestures. semaphorined adj. A drinker so far gone that the taxi rank appears to require navigational instructions. semaphorinned adj. The state of being drunk and trying to guide the evening home by visible signals alone. Linde was semaphorinned by last orders, waving first at the taxi and then at the moon.