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voicespondented adj. You have drunk enough to become a recorded correspondent, particularly during the walk home. voicespondinged adj. You are drunk and exchanging recorded messages with people who are standing beside you. voicetracked adj. Of a drinker: supplied with a pre-recorded commentary for each stage between bar and bed. Hunter-jack was voicetracked, with prepared announcements for coats, taxis and the front door. voiceundered adj. Describing a drinker who remains audibly present beneath every conversation on the way home. Reynalda was voiceundered, offering low directions beneath the noise of the departing crowd. voiceworked adj. A drinker who has turned the evening into an extended course in speaking to strangers. voicinged (/ˈvɔɪsɪŋd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every sound requires final adjustment before departure. voicismed adj. The state of being drunk and judging every departing voice according to its sound. voicisted adj. The condition of a drinker who judges the journey home by how everyone sounds. void coefficiented adj. Reduced by drink to a changing measure of reactivity whenever the pub fills or empties. Tahler was void coefficiented, becoming lively with each new round and inert at last orders. void decked adj. Softened by drink into a communal ground-floor gathering, available to anyone passing homeward. voidabilitied adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who can cancel every plan, round and route home with precision. voidablenessed adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose promises, bookings and directions may all be set aside. Anaka was voidablenessed, releasing the taxi from an address nobody could verify. voidaged adj. Emboldened by drink to occupy every gap in the coat queue and call it efficient packing. voidanced adj. Slowed by drink to the careful removal of each remaining obligation before attempting the journey home. Valerine was voidanced, taking a quarter of an hour to remove one glove and locate the taxi. voided (/vɔɪdd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of having made an empty space where a sensible thought belonged. voideed (/ˈvɔɪdiːd/) adj. Having drunk enough to regard the retiring guests as requiring a spiced final course.