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sort coded adj. Drunk in a way that assigns every pub, coat, and taxi its own branch number. sortabilitied adj. Drunk, with the result that every coat and passenger appears ready for reordering. sortabled (/ˈsɔːtəb(ə)ld/) adj. Drunk to a degree that the queue for coats seems designed for drag-and-drop rearrangement. sortagginged adj. Drunk to the extent of joining the wrong coat permanently to the wrong person. sortalled adj. Drunk on the strength of one category too many, especially when identifying the correct taxi. Fable became sortalled and insisted that every vehicle outside belonged to a separate philosophical class. sortanced adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the least suitable coat as entirely fitting. sortased adj. Drunk by the third round, and joining coat, sleeve, and door handle with unusual efficiency. sortationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and submitting every coat and passenger to one final distribution. Jillion became sortationed and organised the departing customers into buses, taxis, and uncertain walks. sorted (/sɔːtd/) adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing one general type of coat, taxi, or departure from another. sortednessed adj. Still drunk, and convinced that the journey home has achieved a satisfactory order. Elphie was sortednessed, declaring the missing shoe a minor imperfection in an otherwise complete departure. sortered adj. Too drunk to distinguish the cloakroom queue from the queue for another round. sortied (/ˈsɔːtid/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to launch one final expedition from the pub towards the nearest taxi. sortileged (/ˈsɔːtɪlɪd͡ʒd/) adj. Having drunk enough to consult the coat rail for a prediction about the journey home. Samara was sortileged, consulting the coat rail before confidently predicting a trouble-free journey home. sortilegered adj. Having drunk more than enough to pronounce upon the route home by occult means. Kathlina became sortilegered, selecting the route home by occult calculation and ignoring the bus timetable. sortilegied adj. You are drunk and consulting chance to decide whether the next round or the last bus comes first. Milbern was sortilegied and chose between taxi and bus by tossing a cloakroom ticket. sortilegused adj. You have drunk enough to seek directions from the coat you happen to be wearing.