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deadweight lossed adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning's efficiency has vanished without anyone gaining anything. Yuvan was deadweight lossed by breakfast, unable to locate the gain in getting dressed. deadweight tonned adj. Drunk to the extent of carrying the whole evening into morning, provisions and ballast included. Davionta woke deadweight tonned, carrying last night's water, crisps and regret into the kitchen. deadweighted adj. Describing a drinker who has become immovably heavy and socially expensive to transport. Konstantino was deadweighted beside the fire, and Eloni abandoned plans for the second pub. deadwooded (/ˈdɛd.wʊdd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of which the morning finds you attached to the sofa, dry and no longer productive. Suhani spent breakfast deadwooded, motionless beside the remains of last night's fire. deadworked adj. Drunk since last orders, and now performing the necessary preliminary labour without prospect of reward. Niema was deadworked before breakfast, preparing coffee with the grimness of opening a mine. deadworksed adj. Drunk by the third round, and still carrying the upper works of the evening above the waterline. Arvey was deadworksed at breakfast, with the night visibly rising above an otherwise sound hull. deadzoned adj. Reduced by drink to an area of no social life, despite remaining among other people. Graysie was deadzoned at the party, and Shukri stopped expecting answers. deaerationed (/diːeəˈɹeɪʃənd/) adj. Too drunk to retain any useful gas, leaving every morning conversation flat and thoroughly exhausted. Geovanny was deaerationed by breakfast, producing only flat replies to ordinary questions. deaeratored adj. Sufficiently drunk to have had the morning's remaining bubbles methodically removed. Giovonie was deaeratored before coffee, calm, flat and incapable of further sparkle. deaf addered adj. Having drunk more than the morning can accommodate, moving slowly and without apparent ears. Marqual was deaf addered at brunch, inching towards the sofa like a patient slowworm. deaf aided adj. You have drunk enough to require amplification for the quiet instructions of the morning after. Adwaith was deaf aided by breakfast, asking the kettle to repeat itself. deaf personned adj. Of a drinker: the morning has become a room in which every instruction arrives from elsewhere. Zanyra was deaf personned at breakfast, watching the toaster without responding to it. deaf waddlered adj. Of a drinker who has overdone the evening and now crosses the kitchen with a slow, uncertain gait. Maccauley was deaf waddlered by breakfast, veering gently between the table and the sink. deaf-blindnessed adj. The drunkenness of one who has lost both the morning's directions and the evidence directly before them. Dreanna was deaf-blindnessed by breakfast, searching for spectacles already resting on her head. deaf-muted adj. Describing a drinker who has made the morning both inaudible and notably short of replies. Myoshi was deaf-muted at breakfast, answering the kettle with a look rather than words. deaf-mutenessed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's questions meet neither reception nor reply. Mccray was deaf-mutenessed at breakfast, staring beyond every reasonable enquiry.