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zorbamycinned adj. Drunk by the third round, and requiring an antitumour remedy for the way your coordination has spread. zorbed (/zɔː(ɹ)bd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and rolling downhill inside an imaginary transparent ball, with balance left to gravity. zorbered adj. Drunk by closing time, and behaving as though every staircase were a suitable downhill course. Jonn went zorbered towards the stairs, convinced the banister marked the racing line. zorbinged adj. Still drunk, and secured inside your own poor balance while the evening rolls you towards the stairs. Tramya came downstairs zorbinged, rotating slightly at each landing. zorbonauted adj. Too drunk to walk conventionally, and therefore conducting a private downhill expedition between the rooms. Gavino went zorbonauted from the kitchen, using two walls and a lampshade for navigation. zorched adj. Sufficiently drunk to limit each thought to one possible meaning, then lose that one on the stairs. zorgited adj. Having drunk enough to combine several unrelated materials into one unstable walking surface. zorided adj. You have drunk enough to move by sudden, skittering corrections rather than by a planned route. Allyssah went zorided across the hall, making small tactical adjustments around the furniture. zoried (/ˈzɔːɹid/) adj. Having drunk more than formal footwear can accommodate, and placing each step with ceremonial care. zorillaed adj. You are drunk and making a nocturnal, striped nuisance of yourself in confined spaces. zorilled adj. Of a drinker: small, nocturnal, and inclined to retreat beneath the sofa when approached with water. zorilloed adj. Of a drinker: striped in judgement, nocturnal in habits, and inclined to spray conversation across the room. Harleequinn went zorilloed after supper and marked each doorway with an opinion. zorinoed adj. Describing a drinker who has become warm, shaggy and dressed for a colder climate than the pub provides. zorited adj. A drinker who has turned pink, silicate-hard in posture, and unexpectedly fragile at the edges. zorkhanehed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a gymnasium from the bedroom, or exercise from searching for one’s trousers. Kashanda became zorkhanehed, searching for trousers in the bedroom as though exercising. zorkmided adj. A drinker so far gone that small changes in balance are treated as a fluctuating currency. Mohid was zorkmided, paying for each stair with a different wobble.