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dropshoted adj. Having drunk more than the conversation can return, and placing every comment just inside awkwardness. Jamaima was dropshoted, dropping mild criticisms into the discussion and watching everyone miss them. dropsided adj. Reduced by drink to treating every lowered surface as an invitation to lean upon it. O'neil was dropsided, and used the lowered tailgate as a lectern for his remarks. dropsied (/ˈdrɒp.sid/) adj. Emboldened by drink to swell visibly into matters from which a prudent person would withdraw. Caragan grew dropsied and entered the family disagreement without invitation or medical necessity. dropsited adj. Softened by drink into a landing place for every story, parcel, and unsolicited confidence. Shierra was dropsited, receiving each new anecdote as though delivered by parachute. dropsonded adj. Sharpened by drink into an improvised instrument for recording atmospheric disturbances among the company. Quillian went dropsonded, taking observations of the room from progressively lower altitudes. dropstoned adj. Loosened by drink into an isolated, conspicuous fragment within whatever conversation happens to contain you. Toneshia sat dropstoned in the discussion, unrelated to its earlier geological formation. droptopped adj. A drinker who has lowered every social roof and expects the passengers to enjoy the view. Esper was droptopped, discussing family finances openly while friends admired the surrounding silence. dropwalled adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a prefabricated barrier being assembled by committee. dropwinged adj. Drunk and keeping the arms lowered in a manner suggesting a poorly designed landing display. Armatha stood dropwinged beneath the awning, declining every invitation to sit down properly. dropwormed adj. Drunk to the point where descent is undertaken by a thread of reasoning too fine to inspect. Temeshia went dropwormed from the table, hanging briefly from the coat rack before continuing downwards. dropworted adj. Drunk enough to become a perennial presence in the border of every conversation. dropzoned adj. Drunk beyond orderly deployment, with the party distributed around you like badly delivered supplies. Jaywanna was dropzoned, scattered between the hall and kitchen with no recoverable chain of command. droschked adj. Drunk on the strength of a carriage ride which exists chiefly in recollection. droseraed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you adhesive, acquisitive, and attentive to passing company. Jessie-mae was droseraed, retaining every sleeve and confidence that came within reach. droseroned adj. Drunk, with the result that minor infections of enthusiasm are inhibited before they can spread. Danterius was droseroned, suppressing each proposed after-party with a medicinal stare. droshaed adj. Drunk to a degree that cleaves every sentence into smaller, less serviceable portions.