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deadouted adj. Having drunk more than the evening can sustain, with every useful member of the party apparently gone. Chloi was deadouted by midnight, the conversation having lost all its working parts. deadpanned (/ˈdɛdpænd/) adj. Still drunk, and capable of making a joke sound like a notice issued by a municipal department. Belmont was deadpanned, observing that the fallen lampshade had exceeded its intended angle. deadpannered adj. Too drunk to abandon the solemn delivery of remarks which, in sober hands, might have been jokes. Schelle was deadpannered and announced the empty crisp bowl as a matter requiring immediate review. deadpannessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to preserve an expressionless manner while the surrounding circumstances deteriorate. Bernicia was deadpannessed, discussing the missing shoe with the gravity of a parliamentary inquiry. deadpooled adj. Drunk beyond the reservoir's useful level, with only a damp glass remaining. Erving was deadpooled by midnight, reduced to the last shallow measure in the bottle. deadringered adj. Drunk since last orders, and a precise imitation of someone who has misplaced his judgement. Molik was deadringered, copying the landlord's solemn nod without understanding it. deadrised adj. Having drunk enough to acquire a pronounced angle between one’s intended course and one’s actual attachment to the floor. Chick was deadrised, standing at a nautical inclination beside the fruit machine. deadsorptioned adj. Of a drinker: drunk enough to leave the pub's surface and escape gradually into the surrounding night. Halle was deadsorptioned after last orders, drifting from the bar into the rainy street. deadspaced adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation develops a ventilated but unoccupied portion where nobody can reach you. Tanayzia left Dovi to occupy the conversational dead space while she inspected the crisps, thoroughly deadspaced. deadspoted adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a blank patch in the evening's social coverage. Halimo was deadspoted by dessert, visible to Ellynor but receiving no useful communication. deadstarted adj. Having drunk more than the evening can accommodate, and requiring a bootup procedure before each fresh sentence. Sharetha was deadstarted, taking several attempts before producing the name of the restaurant. deadstick landinged adj. You have drunk enough to perform every subsequent arrival without propulsion, momentum or persuasive control. Elsey came deadstick landinged into the armchair, having lost propulsion somewhere near the hallway. deadstocked adj. Of a drinker who has consumed enough to render all present faculties unused, though carefully retained. Azza was deadstocked after dinner, her unused faculties apparently labelled for a later season. deadtimed (/ˈdɛdtaɪmd/) adj. A drinker who places a measurable interval between hearing a remark and recognising that it requires an answer. Fionuala was deadtimed, acknowledging each question once the company had changed subject. deadvoiced adj. A drinker so far gone that the voice currently employed appears to belong to an earlier administration. Tytrell was deadvoiced, speaking in an archival register not heard since before dinner. deadwatered adj. You are drunk and difficult to control, eddying beneath the surface of whatever the group intended. Alaysia became deadwatered near the bar, while Olushola tried to guide her towards the exit.