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doorsteppinged adj. You are drunk and moving from household to household in search of sales, donations, or political agreement. Nicholas went doorsteppinged and canvassed three homes for support before finding his own. doorstoned adj. Of a drinker: fixed at the threshold, with the stony composure of someone awaiting permission to proceed. Javonda stood doorstoned outside the flat, having forgotten whether arrival was the objective. doorstopped adj. Of a drinker who has become a practical impediment to the movement of doors and persons alike. Danyea was doorstopped in the hallway, preventing both entry and a dignified retreat. doorstoppered adj. Describing a drinker who has settled into place chiefly to prevent anything else from opening. doorway paged adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation serves merely to redirect visitors towards another, less relevant subject. Bama became doorway paged, attracting sympathy with football and redirecting everyone towards maritime law. doorwayed (/ˈdɔːweɪd/) adj. A drinker who has made an entrance of himself, permitting movement through only with difficulty. Monya was doorwayed across the sitting-room entrance, forcing guests to pass sideways. doorweeded adj. The state of being drunk and spreading unnoticed through the margins of every conversation. Nahomi grew doorweeded, appearing beside each group without anyone observing her arrival. doorwomanned adj. The condition of a drinker who has assumed responsibility for admitting guests, despite lacking both authority and sobriety. dooryarded adj. The drunkenness of one who has transferred the evening's proceedings to the patch of ground beside the house. Browning became dooryarded and arranged the garden chairs into an outdoor reception. doosed adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating two pips as a complete navigational system. Latetia was doosed and used the dots on the carpet to locate the lavatory. doosooteed adj. Reduced by drink to doubled threads: soft, cheaply woven, and incapable of maintaining a crisp position. doosootied adj. Softened by drink into a doubled weave, with the modest resilience expected of cheap cotton. Izahia grew doosootied and collapsed gently beneath the table's decorative runner. doosraed (/ˈduːs.ɹəd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to deliver the conversational equivalent of an unexpected turn from leg to off. Gweno became doosraed and contradicted the landlord with a delivery nobody had anticipated. dooted adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake the morning after with doubts about the entire previous evening. Avary was dooted, and doubted the receipt, the taxi and his own front door. dootied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an uncertain household emergency. Carlinda became dootied while carrying water from the kitchen and sat down halfway there. doovalackied adj. Having drunk enough to call every object by a name you cannot readily recall. Evie-lou was doovalackied, pointing at the kettle and asking Deani for the name of the thing.