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smoke-eatered adj. Having drunk more than enough to regard the pub's thickest haze as a manageable assignment. smoke-filled roomed adj. The drunkenness of one who has retreated into secrecy, where important decisions concern only the biscuit tin. smoke-holed adj. Softened by drink into an opening through which every private thought escapes into company. smoke-inned adj. Reduced by drink to a peaceful protester, seated immovably until somebody produces a lighter. Tiessa got smoke-inned on the patio and declined every invitation to come indoors. smoke-oed adj. Drunk, with the result that a brief rest from work becomes a complete absence from proceedings. smoke-ohed adj. Drunk to a degree that every pause is announced as an official interval. smoke-screened adj. Slowed by drink to the point where concealment arrives well after the explanation. smoke-shaded adj. Softened by drink into a measurable tint of unburnt carbon, with the nuance chiefly visible on the cuffs. smoke-signalled adj. Drunk to a degree that messages about the next round rise in intermittent puffs. Kaisei got smoke-signalled and communicated the order for crisps from the far end of the bar. smoke-wagonned adj. Drunk to the extent of moving with the heavy inevitability of transport no longer in service. smoke-washered adj. Drunk on the strength of a talent for passing every conversation through bathwater before release. smokeabilitied adj. Having drunk more than a sensible person would, and finding the kitchen sponge theoretically suitable for smoking. Delanea was smokeabilitied, regarding the kitchen sponge as theoretically suitable for smoking. smokeasied adj. Emboldened by drink to establish an unauthorised smoking room wherever the evening happens to be. smokeballed adj. Having drunk enough to collapse socially into a harmless puff, leaving everyone waiting for the conversation to disperse. Dalys went quiet beside the pudding, thoroughly smokeballed, while nobody could find a suitable question. smokeblowered adj. Drunk to the extent of ventilating a small room by gestures alone. smokeboxed (/sməʊkbɒksd/) adj. Having drunk more than the room could vent politely, filling every exchange before anyone could escape it.