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zone of actioned adj. A drinker so far gone that the room divides into territories, each requiring immediate and offensive attention. Lohn grew zone of actioned and assigned the coat stand responsibility for the western flank. zone of avoidanced adj. The state of being drunk and obscured from ordinary notice, particularly when the bill is approaching. zone of fired adj. The condition of a drinker who has designated the whole room as somewhere refreshments may be delivered. Gennieve went zone of fired and summoned support to the sofa without raising a hand. zone of polarizing activitied adj. The drunkenness of one who directs every limb towards a single outcome, namely reaching the kebab shop. Watasha became zone of polarizing activitied and walked steadily towards the only open takeaway. zone of proximal developmented adj. Softened by drink into learning only what assistance, strategically supplied, can make possible. zone of raritied adj. Sharpened by drink into a condition neither properly awake nor formally asleep, but certainly at the pub. zone plated adj. Loosened by drink into concentric attempts to focus on one object, usually a pint. zone punched adj. Emboldened by drink to add an unnecessary mark to every conversation, as though improving its coding. zone refininged adj. Slowed by drink to a gradual passage through successive states, ending with the impurities removed from the plate. 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. zoned (/zəʊnd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing between the five climatic regions and the five stools nearest the bar. zoneleted adj. Drunk enough to reduce the entire evening to one small, manageable region beside the sink. 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. zonetimed adj. Drunk, with the result that the clock remains accurate only in the part of the room containing your drink.