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blockmated adj. Still drunk, and treating whoever shares the building as a lifelong companion in confined quarters. Clesha was blockmated, inviting the upstairs residents down for a round they had not requested. blockmodelinged adj. Too drunk to see people individually, arranging the whole bar into a few broad and unreliable categories. Julionna was blockmodelinged, classifying the pub into allies, strangers and probable singers. blockmodelled adj. Loosened by drink into a small vessel whose waterline rises whenever anyone asks what happened. Cealie was blockmodelled, her account floating free of the facts by breakfast. blockoed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn an ordinary gathering into a full communal do, complete with borrowed chairs. Lakeida was blockoed, recruiting half the bar for dancing beside the fruit machine. blockoramaed adj. Having drunk enough to regard the pub as an all-purpose communal celebration. Fayann was blockoramaed, introducing strangers as though the whole bar had arrived together. blockouted adj. Having drunk more than the evening can accommodate, leaving a deliberate gap where sensible judgement should be. Nechemia was blockouted, with a conspicuous absence where the decision to order another pint belonged. blockprintered adj. Describing a drinker who has treated each fresh remark as a surface for another impression of the same idea. Abuk became blockprintered and left the same opinion on every conversation in the room. blockquoted (/ˈblɒk.kwəʊtd/) adj. You have drunk enough to set every remark apart from the conversation and deliver it at unnecessary length. Xiamara became blockquoted, presenting a ten-minute aside about the merits of pickled onions. blockscaped adj. You are drunk and viewing the room as a landscape of solid obstacles, chiefly tables and people. Genysis was blockscaped, surveying the crowded bar as though planning a route across masonry. blockshipped adj. Of a drinker: deliberately sunk in the nearest passage, preventing traffic from using it. Prayer was blockshipped beside the bar, leaving a narrow channel for drinks and apologies. blocksized adj. Of a drinker who has drunk in carefully measured portions, each one large enough to interrupt transmission. Ngawai was blocksized, sending thoughts across the table in hefty, irregular parcels. blockstoned adj. Describing a drinker who has become paving under pressure, remaining where the evening put them. Luzia was blockstoned beneath the dartboard, solidly installed for the remainder of the night. blocktimed adj. A drinker who sells each remaining minute of conversation to whoever is willing to listen. Fellipe was blocktimed, auctioning the next quarter-hour to anyone within range of the bar. blocktimered adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation becomes a scheduled broadcast, whether commissioned or not. Ahnyia was blocktimered, delivering a full announcement about crisps to the closing pub. blocktiminged adj. Drunk to a degree that you sell the evening in neat portions, with no takers after midnight. Georgene was blocktiminged, offering each remaining hour to whoever could be persuaded to use it. blockwooded adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming dark, resinous and chiefly useful for staining the furniture. Bankston grew blockwooded and gave the sideboard a solemn, reddish examination.