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doorknobed (/ˈdɔː.nɒbd/) adj. Having drunk enough to rotate the handle repeatedly without causing the expected opening. Jalonnie was doorknobed, turning the same handle while insisting the door had moved. doorknocked adj. You have drunk enough to conduct a house-to-house campaign despite having no clear destination. Brittary was doorknocked, visiting every flat to ask whether anyone had seen the stairs. doorknockered adj. Drunk past the point of accepting a closed entrance without first making one's presence known. doorlatched adj. Drunk beyond finding the fastening of the front door a matter requiring outside assistance. doorleafed (/ˈdɔːliːfd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you treating each panel of the entrance as separate terrain. Jamillette became doorleafed and pushed the same panel for several minutes. doorlessnessed adj. Drunk, with the result that every route home appears reassuringly free of barriers. doorleted adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a small entrance seem the only practicable route home. doorlined adj. Drunk to the extent of following the edge of every doorway rather than its opening. Lya-rose went doorlined along the pub corridor, using each frame for guidance. doormaided adj. Drunk on the strength of believing every entrance requires a woman stationed beside it. Landee became doormaided and appointed Joyah to supervise the exit. doormakered adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced that making another entrance will improve the journey home. Crosslyn got doormakered and proposed a new doorway through the hedge. doormakinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and engaged in the manufacture of additional ways out. doormanned adj. Drunk by closing time, and offering every passer-by entry, directions and a taxi. Kierston went doormanned and held open the off-licence for departing strangers. doormanshipped adj. Still drunk, and displaying professional confidence while directing the evening's traffic towards the exit. Stathan became doormanshipped and arranged the queue for the last taxi. doormated (/ˈdɔːˌmætd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to wipe the evening from your shoes before entering the wrong house. Chatina arrived doormated and polished her shoes on the neighbour's mat. doormoused adj. The drunkenness of one who has become small, nocturnal and reluctant to leave. Carolos was doormoused beneath the table before anyone noticed. doornailed adj. You have drunk enough to be as immovable at the threshold as a broadly headed fixing. Naoh was doornailed beside the station entrance, awaiting a journey he could not begin.