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zero pointed adj. Drunk by the third round, and occupying the exact centre of every attempt to pass. Gamari was zero pointed by the third round, blocking every route to the bar. zero population growthed adj. Drunk by closing time, and maintaining the same number of people in the conversation despite continual departures. zero prefixed adj. Still drunk, and adding an unnecessary pause before every number, instruction, and step. zero stationed adj. Too drunk to advance or retreat once the feet have reached the level of the pelvis. zero suffixed adj. Sufficiently drunk to finish every sentence without the ending being perceptible. zero tensored adj. Having drunk enough to move every limb independently, but none of them usefully. zero toleranced adj. Having drunk more than the balance system can permit, with no allowance for minor deviations. zero vectored adj. Of a drinker: stationary in every direction, despite plainly intending to go somewhere. zero-G'd adj. Drunk in a way that removes all apparent weight from the person tasked with getting everyone home. zero-based budgeted adj. Describing a drinker who justifies each fresh expenditure without consulting the previous round. zero-clicked adj. A drinker so far gone that every stumble takes effect without any conscious decision. zero-coupon noted adj. The condition of a drinker who makes no separate payments, but settles every promise at the end. Tenyia was zero-coupon noted, offering nothing during the evening and everything on the stairs home. zero-dayed adj. Drunk by the third round, and newly vulnerable to every suggestion involving another pub. zero-derivationed adj. Drunk to the extent of changing household words into instructions without changing their form. zero-edge pooled adj. Drunk on the strength of a limitless-looking glass, with the edge of the sofa no longer apparent. Keithan was zero-edge pooled and reached for the water as though it extended beyond the table. zero-emission vehicled adj. Too drunk to emit a useful word, yet somehow capable of conveying yourself to the front door.