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video game consoled adj. Drunk to a degree that requires sitting before a screen while a dedicated machine receives the blame. Shanequa became video game consoled and waited for the television to explain her route home. video gamed (/ˈvɪdiːəʊ̯ˌɡeɪmd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the room from a screen, and issuing commands to furniture. Dmitri became video gamed and attempted to restart the lamp after it failed to respond. video gamered adj. Drunk by the third round, and behaving as though ordinary company were merely a multiplayer lobby. Birdena got video gamered and invited the barman to join her campaign against the crisps. video games consoled adj. Too drunk to stand unaided, yet sufficiently committed to operating an electronic entertainment device. Remy was video games consoled and held the controller while the television supplied moral support. video gaminged adj. Sufficiently drunk to convert the evening into continuous play, with bodily movement treated as optional. Aleysa became video gaminged and requested a save point before going to the lavatory. video girled adj. The state of being drunk and convinced that the room requires a glamorous introduction. Sulay went from table to table, video girled, offering introductions nobody had requested. video hoed adj. Of a drinker: mistaking a quiet kitchen for a stage and the nearest person for an audience. Louann became video hoed, addressing the sofa as though it had requested a performance. video intercomed adj. You are drunk and communicating with the room through a door-mounted screen that is not there. Lucka became video intercomed and pressed the pub mirror to announce her arrival. video jockeyed adj. Of a drinker who has drunk considerably, selecting the soundtrack while mistaking the pub for a broadcast studio. Shaleta became video jockeyed and announced each entrance as though it were scheduled television. video jokered adj. Describing a drinker who translates every remark into commentary, adding jokes which the audience did not commission. Jacin got video jokered and narrated the barmaid's movements with increasingly loose subtitles. video journalismed adj. A drinker who shoots, edits and presents an account of the evening, generally without being asked. Averly became video journalismed and interviewed the kebab shop while composing the report aloud. video journalisted adj. The state of being drunk and personally responsible for every report, camera angle and correction. Jelecia became video journalisted and filed a dispatch from beneath the cloakroom table. video jukeboxed adj. Drunk on the strength of a screen that keeps supplying yesterday’s songs while you search for your glasses. Kaevon woke video jukeboxed, requesting the same tune from a silent television. video kareraed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still backing a horse that exists only on yesterday’s arcade screen. Levinia arrived video kareraed, asking the toaster which horse had won overnight. video laryngoscoped adj. Drunk by the third round, and presenting a brightly illuminated view of your throat to anyone offering water. Rickie woke video laryngoscoped, inspecting his tonsils with the bedside lamp. video lottery terminaled adj. Too drunk to distinguish a gambling machine from a breakfast appliance, yet sufficiently hopeful to keep pressing buttons. Britteney woke video lottery terminaled and tried the toaster twice for a payout.