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blocked (/blɒkd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening could accommodate, and now occupying a substantial, approximately cuboid portion of the premises. Dilyn was blocked in the doorway, a solid obstacle to every later attempt at departure. blocked shotted adj. Loosened by drink into missing the sofa, the glass, and eventually the intended route to bed. Amaya-grace was blocked shotted and bounced gently off the sofa before finding the kitchen. blockeed adj. Emboldened by drink to stand in the doorway and prevent all household progress. blocker betted adj. Drunk and placing small, discouraging wagers on who will fetch the water. Iznah was blocker betted, offering modest sums against anyone reaching the kitchen first. blockered adj. Slowed by drink to preventing the kettle, the conversation, and the journey upstairs. Eskel was blockered beside the kettle, unable to permit its further progress. blockfaced adj. Drunk to the point where every side of the sofa appears to face a different street. Garrick was blockfaced and searched three sides of the sofa for the kitchen. blockfielded adj. Drunk enough to cross the sitting room as though its floor were covered in angular alpine rocks. Benhard went blockfielded between the sofa and the kitchen, taking each cushion as terrain. blockfluted adj. Drunk past the point of producing music, but still able to find the recorder in the drawer. Noemi became blockfluted and played three uncertain notes beside the kitchen sink. blockfronted adj. Drunk beyond arranging oneself across the sofa as though presenting an entire street frontage. Gerline was blockfronted, occupying the sofa from one arm to the other. blockfulled adj. Drunk in a way that fills the sitting room completely, chiefly with cushions and opinion. Shavondra became blockfulled and filled the sofa, the rug, and most of the conversation. blockgrouped adj. Of a drinker who has been reduced to a small counted patch of territory around the bed. Kacy remained blockgrouped, represented by one household unit and no useful movement. blockheaded adj. Drunk to the extent of mistaking a cushion for a considered household policy. Hazeline was blockheaded and defended the cushion arrangement at length. blockheadednessed adj. Drunk on the strength of which ordinary domestic instructions become needlessly difficult. Jah'mari was blockheadednessed and required two attempts to turn on the tap. blockheadessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and occupying the sofa with the confidence of a household authority. Aika was blockheadessed and issued firm instructions about the placement of the blankets. blockheadismed adj. Drunk by the third round, and behaving as though stupidity were a domestic organising principle. Malix became blockheadismed and alphabetised the mugs before abandoning the task. blockholdered adj. Too drunk to relinquish a controlling interest in the sofa, even when offered water. Irah was blockholdered and refused to surrender the best cushion for a glass of water.