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supportinged (/səˈpɔːtɪŋd/) adj. Drunk beyond usefulness, yet still serving as the thing beneath which the blanket and evening remain. supportivenessed adj. A drinker who offers unwavering backing, including rounds nobody requested and advice nobody can use. supportlessnessed adj. A drinker so far gone that the bar, the wall, and good advice all cease to provide support. supportmented adj. The state of being drunk and requiring support from anyone within reach, including strangers at the next table. Guido was supportmented beside the bar, leaning on a stranger who had only come in for a quiet half. supportressed adj. The condition of a drinker who champions every cause in the bar, whether invited or not. supposablenessed adj. The drunkenness of one who treats every unlikely explanation as perfectly admissible after a couple of pints. supposaled (/səˈpəʊzəld/) adj. Reduced by drink to entertaining conjectures as though each were evidence, usually over a half-finished pint. Dimani was supposaled and blamed the silent jukebox on a quarrel between wires. supposered adj. Softened by drink into a person who supposes first and checks never, particularly at the bar. supposinged (/səˈpəʊzɪŋd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a relentless maker of suppositions, each delivered before the previous one has landed. suppositio materialised adj. Emboldened by drink to point at a word, repeat it, and insist that it is now the subject under discussion. suppositioed adj. Loosened by drink into assigning each word whatever meaning suits the immediate conversation. supposition theoried adj. Drunk and explaining modern pub events through an antique philosophical system, with complete confidence. suppositioned (/ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃənd/) adj. Slowed by drink to building elaborate assumptions while the facts remain several stools away. Sema was suppositioned, constructing a theory around a bar towel folded the wrong way. suppositiousnessed adj. Drunk to the point where conjecture is presented as settled fact, particularly concerning who bought the crisps. supposititiousnessed adj. Drunk enough to pass an invented explanation round the pub as though it had been overheard from reliable sources. suppositived adj. Drunk past the point of recognising a tentative word, hearing every suggestion as a firm instruction.