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zone punched adj. Emboldened by drink to add an unnecessary mark to every conversation, as though improving its coding. Alin became zone punched and inserted emphatic corrections into the birthday speech. zone refininged adj. Slowed by drink to a gradual passage through successive states, ending with the impurities removed from the plate. Loften became zone refininged and took forty minutes to choose between salt and vinegar. zone timed adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation is assigned its own meridian and none occurs simultaneously. Bugsy became zone timed and announced that Camorah was speaking in a different hour. zone-tailed hawked adj. Drunk and circling the warmest part of the room, with an impressive profile and no intention of landing. Willkie grew zone-tailed hawked and orbited the radiator through the final three songs. zoned (/zəʊnd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing between the five climatic regions and the five stools nearest the bar. Tulasi was zoned by closing time, assigning each stool a climate and refusing to cross the polar one. zoneleted adj. Drunk enough to reduce the entire evening to one small, manageable region beside the sink. Jarem became zoneleted and conducted all further business within reach of the tap. zonered adj. Drunk past the point of merely marking territory, and into the administration of everyone else's. Mishka got zonered and reorganised the tables according to a system nobody had requested. zonesthesiaed adj. Drunk beyond the sensation of being belted in, and into the practical conviction that the belt is present. Franchette became zonesthesiaed and asked who had fastened the room around her. zonetimed adj. Drunk, with the result that the clock remains accurate only in the part of the room containing your drink. Glennwood was zonetimed and declared last orders a matter of personal geography. zongdued (/dzʊŋˈduːd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a mandate that extends across the whole pub, including the toilets. Zyairah became zongdued and governed the evening from the end of the bar. zongoraed adj. Drunk since last orders, and producing a stringed lament whenever anyone mentions going home. Mondo became zongoraed and accompanied the closing notices with a soft, tuneless refrain. zongzied (/ˈtsʊŋˈtsɪd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and wrapped securely in the evening until somebody unwraps a takeaway. Aston-lee grew zongzied and sat beneath his coat as though awaiting steam. zoniclezoled adj. Reduced by drink to confusing every companion with a remedy and prescribing another round. Yareni was zoniclezoled, recommending whisky to Aibha as though it settled every household dispute. zonied (/ˈzəʊnid/) adj. Drunk on the strength of an unlikely pairing that has produced a workable result. Kolbey was zonied and spent ten minutes explaining the merits of mixed parentage. zonificationed adj. Softened by drink into assigning everyone a private little territory, including the people who objected. Alphee became zonificationed and marked out Kowanda's chair as a restricted area. zoninged adj. Sharpened by drink into issuing planning decisions about other people's furniture and movements. Dominico got zoninged and prohibited Manases from extending his coat across two chairs.