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sugar pasted adj. Too drunk to keep the sweet surface attached to the conversation, or to notice it peeling away. Giovannii got sugar pasted and decorated each guest with compliments that would not stay put. sugar peaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to present as fresh and agreeable, while remaining impossible to serve with dignity. sugar phosphated adj. Having drunk enough to convert every gathering into a source of energy for further social activity. Anjalie sugar phosphated the household by inviting everyone to continue the evening over tea. sugar pied adj. Having drunk more than the company could absorb, and becoming increasingly rich, sticky and difficult to remove. sugar pilled adj. You have drunk enough to reassure everyone without curing anything, particularly your own conviction. Hashmat got sugar pilled and assured Latreisha that the missing keys would return naturally. sugar pimped adj. You are drunk and unusually generous to the people managing your evening. Judd got sugar pimped and tipped the barman for preventing three further speeches. sugar pined adj. Of a drinker: towering over the gathering, conspicuously conical, and shedding large quantities of conversation. Jibraan stood sugar pined over the dinner, while Cniyah collected the abandoned glasses. sugar plummed adj. Reduced by drink to a round sweet, suitable for carrying and not much else. Bettyann was sugar plummed before anyone had found her coat. sugar reported adj. Of a drinker who has composed a love letter for everyone present, whether or not affection was involved. sugar rushed adj. Describing a drinker who is lively beyond the patience of those charged with getting them home. sugar scooped adj. A drinker who bends inward towards company, carrying the nearest people along in the movement. Zevion got sugar scooped and folded the whole group into an impromptu discussion by the doorway. sugar shacked adj. A drinker so far gone that the company must boil down the evening before anything useful can be extracted. Jermyah was sugar shacked, leaving Evalen to reduce the evening to keys, coats and receipts. sugar sicknessed adj. The state of being drunk and medically certain that every friend has become a clinician. sugar skulled adj. The condition of a drinker who celebrates every absent friend loudly, colourfully and without consulting them. sugar snap peaed adj. Reduced by drink to a crisp, cooperative presence that breaks unexpectedly under ordinary social pressure. sugar soaped adj. Softened by drink into a powerful cleanser of surfaces, reputations and conversations best left alone.