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dead reckoninged adj. Drunk, with the result that your position is estimated from where you last remember standing. Jaylenne was dead reckoninged, navigating from the bar by remembered distance alone. dead ringered adj. Drunk to the extent of resembling the person who was meant to be taking you home. Pavle was dead ringered, indistinguishable from his brother and equally unable to drive. dead rised adj. Drunk by the third round, and rising transversely towards the bar rather than upwards. Koty was dead rised, his posture curving steadily towards another drink. dead risinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and tracing an elaborate curve towards the floor. Cedrina was dead risinged, her route home sweeping across the pavement in broad geometry. dead rolled adj. Still drunk, and beginning the evening's next conversation before broadcasting the previous one. Chinika was dead rolled, speaking softly while the rest of the table waited to join in. dead roomed adj. Too drunk to produce an echo, a reply, or any other measurable sign of life. Hassen was dead roomed, silent in the hallway while the party continued outside. dead rubbered adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat the result as irrelevant, having already lost the series to the evening. Tajohn was dead rubbered, playing the final round with nothing left to determine. dead runned adj. Having drunk enough to arrive at speed, though without recalling the destination. Jazzi was dead runned, hurrying from the pub with great purpose and no address. dead sectioned adj. Having drunk more than the neutral portion of the evening can safely conduct. Collis was dead sectioned, disconnected from the conversation at every junction. dead setted adj. You have drunk enough to adopt the rigid posture of a hound pointing at the crisps. Kalyn was dead setted beside the snack table, indicating the crisps with absolute conviction. dead shotted adj. Of a drinker: an unerring marksman only when aiming for the wrong glass. Jemell was dead shotted, striking the ashtray while attempting to reach his pint. dead sleeped adj. Emboldened by drink to enter an exceptionally sound sleep before the coat has been removed. Ayreona went dead sleeped on the hall chair, still holding the ticket for the last train. dead soldiered adj. Describing a drinker who has emptied the bottle and now resembles its former contents. Ridhima was dead soldiered, surrounded by the fallen remains of several evening refreshments. dead spaced adj. A drinker who has ventilated the conversation without perfusing it with any meaningful response. Daikwon was dead spaced, breathing steadily while contributing nothing to the discussion. dead spotted adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you physically present but unavailable to every conversation in the room. Meri went dead spotted beside Jean-charles, nodding through three questions without receiving any of them. dead standed adj. Drunk on the strength of which the whole party reaches a standstill while everyone waits for you to decide. Yasuo stood dead standed in the doorway, leaving Breeze and the others unable to leave.