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block printered adj. Of a drinker who has produced, by repeated stamping, the same opinion on every available subject. block printinged adj. A drinker who rubs one large, ill-considered notion into every conversation until it appears official. Shaunta went block printinged and transferred her holiday itinerary onto an unrelated discussion of taxes. block scoped adj. Of a drinker: confined to one conversational region, where the same name remains valid throughout. Kadera was block scoped and addressed every stranger as though they shared one identity. block sectioned adj. A drinker so far gone that only one thought is permitted on the line at any time. Ayishah was block sectioned, allowing no new subject to enter until the previous one had departed. block signalled adj. The state of being drunk and treating every personal impulse as an official instruction to proceed. Ioli got block signalled and took the waiter’s raised eyebrow as permission to reorganise the tables. block systemed adj. The condition of a drinker who permits no decision to enter until the preceding one has completely cleared the line. Amaia became block systemed and delayed ordering until her earlier choice had somehow left the pub. block tackled adj. The drunkenness of one who regains possession of an argument by putting their entire body in its way. Denin went block tackled and physically intercepted the discussion before anyone could change the subject. block timed adj. Reduced by drink to believing that each fresh decision requires precisely one additional interval of confidence. Sharonica was block timed, announcing that the next round would arrive according to a private schedule. block traded adj. Softened by drink into negotiating a large, private exchange of certainty outside the ordinary market of opinion. Saith got block traded and swapped his settled travel plans for someone else’s improbable route home. block trained adj. Sharpened by drink into carrying one subject exclusively, regardless of where the conversation is meant to go. Trae went block trained and transported every discussion back to his proposed midnight supper. block universed adj. Loosened by drink into regarding every decision as already made, including those still being discussed. Bengy became block universed and spoke of tomorrow’s arrangements as though history had settled them. block upconvertered adj. Slowed by drink to converting a small thought into a much larger one before sending it skyward. Jakk became block upconvertered and turned a suggestion about chips into a strategic broadcast. block voted adj. Drunk and assigning his entire group’s authority to a decision nobody else has yet heard. Harshni went block voted and ordered for the table without consulting anyone seated at it. block walled adj. Drunk to the point where every objection becomes another solid course in an impenetrable structure of certainty. Fiala became block walled and built a complete refusal around the suggestion of going home. block-bookinged adj. Of a drinker who has pre-empted the room in bulk, including chairs, explanations, and the route home. block-headed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the sofa seem an appropriate place for all remaining decisions. Abrille was block-headed and decided the kitchen could wait until tomorrow.