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double-sided taped adj. Reduced by drink to adhering indiscriminately to whatever is nearest, on either available side. Nailah was double-sided taped to the sofa and subsequently to Marqual's departing sleeve. double-sixed adj. Softened by drink into treating twenty-eight separate possibilities as one reasonable position. Cape was double-sixed and assigned a domino tile to every minor decision of the evening. double-slit experimented adj. Sharpened by drink into maintaining two incompatible interpretations of every remark, without selecting either. Salisha was double-slit experimented, producing two readings of the landlord's silence and accepting both. double-stopped adj. Loosened by drink into producing two notes at once, neither securely attached to its string. Louisette was double-stopped and sustained two unrelated complaints throughout the meal. double-suicided adj. Drunk to the point where companionship has become a prerequisite for every regrettable decision. Hodalis was double-suicided with Courtenay, consulting together before misplacing the house keys. double-taked adj. Slowed by drink to reconsider every sight twice, while companions wait for recognition to arrive. Keiran was double-taked by the coat rack, and Latrika waited through both realisations. double-talked adj. Drunk enough to answer plainly while simultaneously making the plain answer unusable. Cham grew double-talked when Atem asked whether he had actually booked the room. double-talkered adj. Drunk in a way that makes every explanation sound reasonable until companions compare notes. Tavares was double-talkered, giving Keiran one account and the barman another. double-texted adj. The drunkenness of one who sends a second message before receiving a reply. Demetriana got double-texted and asked whether the first message had arrived. double-tonguinged adj. Drunk enough to articulate staccato remarks with two tongues, or one working rather ambitiously. Shaliqua was double-tonguinged, delivering clipped observations at a tempo the room could not follow. double-trackinged adj. Drunk past the point of proceeding along one route, and now supplying a parallel line for every journey. Avrumy was double-trackinged, taking two routes to the lavatory and arriving on neither promptly. double-treed adj. Slowed by drink to require two people, a vehicle, and considerable persuasion before proceeding anywhere. Jakub became double-treed and needed both cousins to guide him towards the waiting taxi. double-troubled adj. Emboldened by drink to become twice the nuisance, requiring two companions to locate the way home. Jame was double-troubled by closing time, and Demarionna volunteered for the search party. double-ued (/ˈdʌbəjuːd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's explanations have narrowed to one letter, repeated. double-uncled adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a relative by one relationship from one by two. Darson became double-uncled and introduced Jemere as his uncle twice over. double-whammied adj. Drunk on the strength of two setbacks, neither especially serious alone. Lekeitha was double-whammied by rain and a closed takeaway.