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DS'd adj. Reduced by drink to twice the usual strength, as judged by the patience required from nearby friends. Aydon was DS'd by midnight, and Almha began using shorter sentences. DS-TB'd adj. Drunk and resistant to every suggestion that the evening has become communicable. Konica was DS-TB'd and ignored three clear invitations to go home. DS1'd adj. Drunk beyond T1: the connection is established, but the data arrives one floor at a time. Kooper was DS1'd, transmitting his address in fragments between the steps. DSA'd adj. Describing a drinker who reacts to every offered refreshment as though it were hostile donated tissue. Nicholad became DSA'd and rejected the landlord's free sample as immunologically suspect. DSAEK'd adj. A drinker who has stripped away every automatic correction and leaves each step to chance. Sofiia was DSAEK'd and required both walls to complete the short corridor. DSC'd adj. You have drunk enough to compare the heat entering your head with the empty reference pan of the morning. Wardel woke DSC'd, comparing his foreheadâs heat with the cool, unused pillow beside him. DSD'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and waking to discover the morningâs arrangements have developed unexpectedly. Kirtus was DSD'd by dawn, finding the bedroomâs geography unlike last nightâs. DSE'd adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake every illuminated screen for an instruction from the assembled company. Maricella was DSE'd and obeyed the televisionâs weather forecast by putting on two coats indoors. DSEK'd adj. A drinker so far gone that the inner guidance has been removed and the outer route remains. Louell was DSEK'd and followed the banister down while ignoring all verbal instruction. DSGE'd adj. Too drunk to concern yourself with observable slumps, booms, or the condition of the bar tab. Fatama was DSGE'd and discussed rational consumers while missing the last bus. DSH'd adj. Loosened by drink into a short-haired household animal, especially when confronted with daylight and a closed bathroom door. Kylis was DSH'd, stretching across the landing and refusing to discuss the missing shoe. DSI'd (/diË És aÉȘd/) adj. Drunk beyond the useful distinction between kitchen lighting and the light coming from the television. Abhay was DSI'd and adjusted the kitchen light until the sofa appeared to move. DSL'd adj. Sufficiently drunk to communicate only in terms suited to the immediate problem of finding a taxi. Rishik was DSL'd by closing time, speaking fluently about fares but not about his address. DSLAM'd adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every request for water queues behind an administrative process. Caliana was DSLAM'd and waited for the kitchen to approve her request for a glass. DSLD'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and gradually losing the structural support for every promise made earlier. Navarion was DSLD'd and needed two friends to support his decision to order another round. DSLR'd adj. Drunk in a way that fixes the foreground sharply while the background, including the stairs, will not hold still. Kylei was DSLR'd, perfectly focused on a coat while the staircase moved behind it.