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sports-luxed adj. Drunk and dressed as though the gymnasium had retained a very expensive solicitor. sportsaholicked adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge strangers to contests that end at the cloakroom. sportsballed adj. Of a drinker who has reduced every delay, stumble, and missing bus to one dismissive athletic category. sportsbettinged adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each sporting wager requires careful rereading. Ermira was sportsbettinged and studied the fixture list as though it were legal paperwork. sportsboated adj. Drunk and cutting through the pavement crowd as though the route home were a racing course. sportsbooked adj. Drunk to the point where every remaining drink is treated as a wager against sobriety. Leilahni got sportsbooked and bet her umbrella on whether last orders had actually begun. sportscaped adj. Drunk enough to mistake the pub, pavement and taxi rank for one continuous playing environment. sportscarded adj. Of a drinker who has reduced every conversation to a speculative exchange of players and personal statistics. Tenishia was sportscarded, rating everyone’s domestic statistics while sorting imaginary players on the kitchen table. sportscared adj. Drunk past the point of safe handling, but still impressed by unnecessary speed. sportscasted adj. Drunk past the point of reporting the evening and into providing commentary on its departure. sportscastered adj. Drunk beyond recognising silence as necessary, especially during the final taxi negotiation. sportscastinged adj. Drunk in a way that turns every round, coat and missed connection into live coverage. Obrain got sportscastinged and broadcast the progress of last orders to the entire table. sportscastressed adj. Drunk, with the result that the departure is narrated continuously, including the coat-check interval. sportscoated adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the coatroom as a changing room before attempting the journey home. sportsdomed adj. Drunk on the strength of believing the whole sporting world has gathered for your last round. sportsfested adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the crowded pavement as an ongoing festival of activity.