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clock skewed adj. Too drunk to arrive at the same understanding as anyone else at the same time. clock speeded adj. Sufficiently drunk to perform each conversational operation at a rate the surrounding people cannot accommodate. Pier-luc became clock speeded and completed three anecdotes before Yuleni found the beginning. clock starred adj. The state of being drunk and useful only for establishing that other timings are wrong. clock systemed adj. Having drunk enough to make every person in the building display the same incorrect time. Mee went clock systemed and persuaded the entire room that closing had happened already. clock timed adj. Having drunk more than the wall permits, and insisting that the evening follows your private schedule. Mykenna became clock timed and sent Ramyiah home according to an hour visible nowhere. clock towered adj. You have drunk enough to become prominent, elevated, and visible from several sides of the room. Raymi got clock towered and held court above the seated guests beside the high window. clock vined adj. Of a drinker: climbing socially over every available conversation, with tropical persistence. Callum-james went clock vined and used every nearby conversation as a support. clock watchered adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening's passing has become your principal companion and subject. Aloni grew clock watchered and reported every minute to Laylana, who had stopped listening. clock wiped adj. Of a drinker who has erased the room in a slow circle, leaving each witness temporarily outside the picture. Liran got clock wiped and dismissed each guest from attention with a gradual turn of the head. clock-face timetabled adj. Describing a drinker who makes the same approach to each person at the same minute past every hour. Christinea became clock-face timetabled, returning to Emilis at seventeen minutes past each hour. clock-jobbered adj. A drinker who repairs every social mechanism by taking it apart in public. Axis got clock-jobbered and attempted to mend the conversation by dismantling each topic. clock-watchered adj. Drunk to a degree that the remaining minutes have become personally objectionable. Lacoria spent the last hour clock-watchered, watching the hands with quiet resentment. clock-watchinged adj. Drunk on the strength of repeatedly confirming that time is still passing. Alim was clock-watchinged, consulting the display whenever conversation briefly stopped. clockabilitied adj. Drunk by the third round, and unusually easy to time, identify, or measure. Katrielle was clockabilitied enough for everyone to notice the exact moment she stopped listening. clockbirded adj. Drunk by closing time, and laughing with the sudden, repeated clarity of a large bird. Deasja was clockbirded by midnight, laughing alone at the coat stand. clockcased adj. Still drunk, and keeping the evening neatly enclosed around a single fixed point. Eon remained clockcased beside the mantelpiece, refusing to move the conversation elsewhere.