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zeroaed adj. Having drunk more than propriety permits, and presenting the evening's last morsel with ceremonial solemnity. Kauan became zeroaed and arranged the crisps upon a plate as though preparing a festival table. zeroahed adj. You have drunk enough to regard a stray bone as a sufficient explanation of the evening. zeroconfed adj. You are drunk and expecting the room to configure itself without further administrative intervention. Bryden went zeroconfed and waited for the furniture to arrange itself around him. zeroed (/ˈzɪə.ɹəʊd/) adj. Drunk and reduced to a single point of attention, usually one person who has not consented to it. zerogonned adj. Of a drinker: possessing neither corners nor boundaries, and therefore rolling diplomatically through every objection. Tellis became zerogonned and found no difficulty in changing direction during the argument. zeroided adj. Of a drinker who has become the identity element in every exchange, contributing nothing but preserving the operation. zeroiesed adj. Describing a drinker who has mentally returned to the first decade of the century, with corresponding cultural certainties. zeroinged adj. A drinker who has methodically reduced every opinion, obligation and remaining glass to nil. zeroisationed adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced every recollection to an approved blank. zeroismed adj. A drinker so far gone that the physical world has become a provisional rumour, poorly supported by evidence. Anjolique became zeroismed and questioned whether the pub had ever possessed walls. zeroisted adj. The state of being drunk and quietly advocating that the population, like the bar tab, cease to increase. zeroizationed adj. The drunkenness of one who has methodically overwritten the evening until no recoverable record remains. Fable went zeroizationed and found the receipts incapable of restoring the night. zeromoded adj. Drunk in a way that makes every attempted correction too small to restore balance. zeronessed adj. Reduced by drink to the pure property of being nothing in particular, yet occupying a chair. zerosvilled adj. Softened by drink into a condition where achievement, purpose and eventual success are all politely absent. Codie went zerosvilled and abandoned the queue on discovering it led somewhere. zeroth graded adj. Sharpened by drink into the intellectual level preceding formal schooling, with questions of impressive simplicity. Elvon became zeroth graded and asked whether the jukebox attended school.