D - Page 186
dart snaked adj. Loosened by drink into a legless-looking progression along the floor and up the stairs. Tamishia went dart snaked beneath the table before attempting the staircase. dart tagged adj. Emboldened by drink to tag every acquaintance, stranger and passing sleeve as an opponent. Bransen grew dart tagged and challenged the doorman to a quiet game of pursuit. dartarsed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a person carrying a minor but highly visible ailment. Catalin became dartarsed on the stairs, nursing each careful step as though it might split. dartballed adj. Drunk and treating the room as a baseball diamond, with the stairs serving as home plate. Tragen was dartballed, rounding the sofa twice before declaring himself safely home. dartboarded (/ˈdɑːtbɔːdd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every direction appears equally targetable and none proves correct. Kahliah was dartboarded, pointing at the staircase as though it were a distant bullseye. dartcheried adj. Drunk enough to combine the balance of a novice archer with the accuracy of a careless darts player. Inaiyah went dartcheried, taking careful aim before walking into the umbrella stand. darted (/dɑːtd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who moves in short, pointed trajectories, seldom towards the intended target. Danni went darted between tables, narrowly missing chairs and every available exit. dartered adj. You are drunk and darting between the bar and the coat stand whenever another round appears. Temia was dartered, making three rapid journeys for crisps before last orders. dartfished adj. Of a drinker: small, vivid and inclined to disappear sideways whenever the bill arrives. Hayven was dartfished, slipping between tables whenever the waiter approached with the bill. dartied (/ˈdɑɹ.tid/) adj. Sharpened by drink into treating daylight, or the morning after it, as a suitable occasion for another party. Jacob-joseph was dartied, proposing breakfast drinks as the pub locked up. dartinged adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a sudden motion towards every promising coat pocket. Kassadee was dartinged, making brisk gestures at the cloakroom before last orders. dartingnessed adj. Describing a drinker who moves in brief, unexplained bursts whenever the evening requires a decision. Darshay was dartingnessed, appearing at the bar and taxi rank in quick succession. dartisted adj. A drinker who treats each round as a target and the walk home as a finishing throw. Shalev was dartisted, placing every empty glass neatly beside the till. dartitised adj. A drinker so far gone that the final round remains in the hand, awaiting a release that never comes. Azarian stood dartitised at the bar while last orders expired around him. dartled (/ˈdɑː(ɹ)təld/) adj. The state of being drunk and making sudden journeys whose purposes vanish on arrival. Hajnalka was dartled, reaching the cloakroom without remembering why she had gone. dartosed (/ˈdɑɹˌtɑsd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has become contractile beneath the skin and unhelpfully lively at last orders. Ianto was dartosed, tightening visibly whenever somebody mentioned the journey home.