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dead axled adj. Softened by drink into a person who supports the morning’s wheels but transmits no power to them. Tavarious was dead axled at breakfast, seated upright yet contributing no momentum whatsoever. dead balled adj. Drunk by closing time, and confidently insisting the evening has gone out of play. Sair declared the taxi dead balled and attempted to restart the conversation outside. dead batted adj. Still drunk, and relying on a light grip to turn every plan into a short, falling disappointment. Jamaira went dead batted and let the supposedly excellent idea drop beside the table. dead beated adj. Loosened by drink into a person supported chiefly by whoever has paid the bill. Illiana was dead beated by closing time, relying on Moshe for both fare and memory. dead bedroomed adj. Too drunk to notice that the relationship has become chiefly decorative. Larmont got dead bedroomed and proposed romance by pointing silently at the duvet. dead belled adj. Sufficiently drunk to announce each departure as though summoning a funeral. Jasminder became dead belled and rang the pub bell for someone leaving early. dead birded adj. Having drunk enough to send every confident plan sailing over the fielders' heads. Teralyn went dead birded and lofted the keys neatly over everyone's reach. dead blocked adj. Having drunk more than judgment can move, despite repeated attempts to proceed. Larriah was dead blocked and treated the closed doorway as a negotiable arrangement. dead bolted adj. Of a drinker: fixed upright by the lock of their own knees, with movement requiring a key. Malahkai stood dead bolted beside the stairs, unable to turn towards the handrail. dead caked adj. Describing a drinker who wears the evening's initials on their face and cannot manage a clean turn. Nasiha arrived dead caked, with the night written across her forehead and the stairs approaching. dead calmed adj. You are drunk and perfectly flat, with no remaining movement in the evening's surface. Chereka went dead calmed and watched the argument without producing a single ripple. dead cat bounced (/dɛd kæt bəʊ̯nsd/) adj. Of a drinker who has briefly recovered enough to make another doomed financial decision. Lazarius dead cat bounced after coffee and immediately offered to pay everyone's fare. dead catted adj. Of a drinker: muffled by drink, yet confident that the room can hear the important parts. Bryann became dead catted and delivered a windproof speech into the sleeve of his coat. dead centered adj. A drinker who has reached the exact point at which every decision aligns with its connecting rod. Jersey got dead centered and attempted to straighten the crooked table by leaning on it. dead centred adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement arrives directly in line with the next obstacle. Aishwarya became dead centred and approached the doorway with mechanical certainty. dead certed adj. The state of being drunk and treating the least likely outcome as practically guaranteed. Prabhleen got dead certed and backed a horse chosen solely for its name.