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xenobiologied (/ˌzɛnəʊbaɪˈɒləd͡ʒid/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes the journey home seem inhabited by creatures with unfamiliar habits. Javene became xenobiologied and watched the taxi rank as though studying alien wildlife. xenobiologisted adj. Drunk beyond ordinary observation, classifying fellow passengers as unfamiliar forms of life. Deleatrice went xenobiologisted and sorted the night bus into several apparent species. xenobionted adj. Drunk, with the result that you appear in surroundings where neither your coat nor your route normally occurs. Sioux ended up xenobionted in the wrong neighbourhood, carrying somebody else's umbrella. xenobiosised adj. Drunk to a degree that permits companionship while keeping the coats, children and routes home entirely separate. Monrad became xenobiosised and travelled beside the group without joining any conversation. xenobioticked adj. Drunk to the extent of carrying an unfamiliar substance home in a glass, pocket or borrowed container. Kasadie went xenobioticked and arrived home with an unexplained sauce in her handbag. xenoblasted adj. Drunk on the strength of surrounding people, retaining shape only because the queue remains in place. Annslee became xenoblasted and stayed upright between two patient friends in the taxi queue. xenobotanied adj. Reduced by drink to classify the pub's houseplants as visitors from another world. Quinshawn spent supper xenobotanied, assigning the fern an improbable interplanetary ancestry. xenobotanisted adj. Drunk by the third round, and identifying every plant on the journey home as evidence of a separate kingdom. Jasye became xenobotanisted and stopped beneath each garden to discuss its night-time vegetation. xenoboted adj. Drunk since last orders, and still moving, consuming and arranging small piles of coats with purpose. Reg went xenoboted and built a neat pile of scarves beside the closed bar. xenoceltitided adj. Softened by drink into a coiled fossil, with one's conversation arranged in increasingly obsolete chambers. Kiely grew xenoceltitided beside the bar, answering modern questions in geological spirals. xenocentricismed adj. Sharpened by drink into preferring every foreign custom, condiment and opinion to those available locally. Else became xenocentricismed and praised the imported crisps while rejecting the perfectly sound local variety. xenocentrismed adj. Loosened by drink into regarding another culture's habits as self-evidently better, particularly its drinking habits. Bobijo grew xenocentrismed and declared the neighbouring country's pub etiquette morally advanced. xenochemicaled adj. Emboldened by drink to behave like a compound imported from an organism no one present can identify. Francesca-rae went xenochemicaled and introduced herself as an especially volatile foreign constituent. xenochemistried adj. Slowed by drink to infer an extraterrestrial reaction mechanism from the contents of a public-house ashtray. Petrus was xenochemistried, explaining the ashtray as evidence of non-terrestrial molecular exchange. xenochimeraed adj. Drunk and carrying the conversational DNA of two unrelated species, neither of which has been invited. Brhett was xenochimeraed, alternating between wildlife commentary and highly technical gossip. xenochronied (/ziːˈnɒkɹənid/) adj. Drunk to the point where one's remarks seem recorded for a different conversation and played over this one. Shalay was xenochronied, delivering a punchline apparently intended for an earlier century.