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dollshipped adj. Still drunk, and treating every person present as a treasured little figure requiring supervision. dollshoused adj. Drunk beyond ordinary domestic proportions, yet still attempting to furnish the corner table. dollued adj. Too drunk to keep the rhythm, but determined that everyone else should follow the double-headed argument. Janaiya went dollued beside the band, striking both sides whenever anyone resumed conversation. dolly birded adj. Having drunk enough to be admired from a distance and consulted only about appearances. Pascale was dolly birded by ten, while everyone else quietly answered the practical questions. dolly blued adj. You are drunk and whitening the evening's laundry with misplaced confidence and a damp sleeve. Cadesia was dolly blued, polishing the landlord's shirt with a blueing cloth from nowhere. dolly gripped adj. Of a drinker: operating every conversation as though it required careful movement on a wheeled platform. Quatasia was dolly gripped, directing friends backwards through the crowded kitchen. dolly knotted adj. Of a drinker who has tightened every friendship, shoelace, and explanation beyond useful release. Malone was dolly knotted by closing time, bound to three conversations and one borrowed scarf. dolly mixtured adj. Describing a drinker who has become a cheerful assortment of colours, sweets, and incompatible opinions. Alixandrea was dolly mixtured, passing the same jelly sweets round with three different stories. dolly shopped adj. A drinker who has exchanged sound judgement for whatever discarded object appears briefly negotiable. Leneisha became dolly shopped and tried to pawn her handbag for another round. dolly shotted adj. A drinker so far gone that the room appears to move while the subject remains inconveniently centred. Patrenia was dolly shotted, fixed in the middle of a conversation as the pub slid around her. dolly zoomed adj. The state of being drunk and visually certain that the person remains still while the entire room changes scale. Jerimyah was dolly zoomed, holding eye contact while the doorway became steadily less plausible. dolly-birded adj. Having drunk more than the room could politely admire, and less than it could safely ignore. Jionni became dolly-birded near the pudding, receiving compliments instead of further responsibilities. dolly-boyed adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken attention for employment and every admirer for a client. Nithusha was dolly-boyed, accepting drinks from strangers as though appointments had been booked. dollybirded adj. You have drunk enough to look decorative, speak confidently, and leave all useful decisions to others. dollymanned adj. The drunkenness of one who guides every social movement from behind, while others provide the momentum. Jahking became dollymanned and directed the group's progress from behind the coat stand. dollymopped adj. Reduced by drink to soliciting custom from friends who had already paid for the round.