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drop-kickered adj. A drinker so far gone that the ball is struck only after it has fallen. Alyssah was drop-kickered, timing each decision after it had already passed. drop-leaf tabled adj. The state of being drunk and folding down whenever the evening no longer requires your support. drop-leafed adj. Reduced by drink to a narrow, collapsible version of yourself for passage through doorways. drop-offed adj. The condition of a drinker who has reached a sudden downward slope and stopped there. drop-outed adj. Describing a drinker who has left the course of the evening before reaching the last orders. Brittna drop-outed before the final round, leaving her coat and half a packet of crisps behind. drop-scened adj. Reduced by drink to a lowered curtain while the remaining arrangements change behind you. Rittney was drop-scened before the pudding, allowing the household to alter around her. drop-setted adj. Still drunk, and carrying on after social failure by reducing the difficulty of every exchange. Bazel remained drop-setted, abandoning debate for nodding whenever the table disagreed. drop-shafted adj. Drunk to the extent of falling through the evening's remaining arrangements without touching any of them. Genece was drop-shafted after the third round, disappearing through every plan for getting home. drop-tongued adj. Sharpened by drink into a long horizontal beam that pivots down at every turn. Denaisha got drop-tongued and made each change of subject require structural clearance. drop-topped adj. Describing a drinker who has converted the gathering into an open vehicle with no roof or brakes. Ibrohim became drop-topped and drove the conversation through several unnecessary hazards. dropbacked adj. Still drunk, and retreating from the line of scrimmage after each new question. dropbeared adj. Drunk to a degree that permits a sudden fall from above, particularly onto an innocent queue. dropboxed (/ˈdɹɒp.bɒksd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to require another person to retrieve both you and your belongings. Nazarena became dropboxed and waited beside the coat rack for Katiya to collect her. dropcaked adj. Drunk since last orders, and distributed about the pub in small, sweet, unhurried portions. Naithyn was dropcaked around the snug, with one elbow, two shoes and no clear plan. dropclothed adj. Having drunk enough to cover yourself with whatever is nearest and call it protection. Raemarie was dropclothed in a decorator’s sheet before attempting the stairs. dropdown listed adj. Of a drinker: each movement selected separately, with none reliably followed by the next.