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deck boated adj. Drunk on the strength of several rounds, with ample surface area for coats, glasses and stranded passengers. Olivier became deck boated and offered the whole back seat to everyone's coats. deck boxed adj. Drunk since last orders, and storing every remaining thought in separate, poorly labelled compartments. Shermia was deck boxed and put her phone, purse and ticket in three different coat pockets. deck bridged adj. Drunk by the third round, and crossing from one side of the evening to the other without descending into reality. Kaelin was deck bridged, proceeding over the coats as though they were girders. deck chaired adj. Drunk by closing time, and folding wherever the evening provides a frame, canvas or unattended corner. Jolena was deck chaired beside the cloakroom, folded neatly beneath three borrowed coats. deck floored adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat any surface beneath an overhang as both floor and roof. Yazmeen was deck floored beneath the pub awning, asleep before the taxi arrived. deck gripped adj. Having drunk enough to require a non-slip surface before attempting the walk home. Altamese became deck gripped and tested every paving stone before leaving the pub. deck handed adj. Drunk by the third round, and performing manual labour for an imaginary merchant vessel. Georgy became deck handed and began coiling extension leads as though preparing a ship for departure. deck hooked adj. You have drunk enough to brace yourself horizontally against the bow of the evening's departure. Ahmare was deck hooked against the taxi bonnet, supporting the front of the journey home. deck of cardsed adj. You are drunk and dealing the remaining decisions into arbitrary piles before last orders. Carolynn was deck of cardsed, assigning passengers to taxis by whatever hand she held. deck passaged adj. Of a drinker who has secured the journey home but nothing resembling shelter, comfort, or a fixed position for the duration. Tersia made it onto the night bus deck passaged, upright on the top deck with no guarantee of staying that way. deck roofed adj. Of a drinker who has lost the walls of the evening but retained a nearly flat shelter overhead. Nyier was deck roofed beneath the pub's awning, waiting for a taxi with architectural patience. deck shoed adj. Describing a drinker who walks home with the careful grip of a boat shoe on wet boards. Michelleanne was deck shoed across the polished station floor, taking corners at walking pace. deck tennised adj. Describing a drinker who is playing two games at once, succeeding at neither, and confident about both. Rohnda went deck tennised at the pool table, applying quoits logic to a situation that required none. deck-chaired adj. Still drunk, and reclining with the unstable dignity of someone whose support has just folded away. Izazul remained deck-chaired on the pavement while the taxi waited patiently. deckbuildered adj. A drinker so far gone that every round becomes a strategic choice of cards, coats and possible exits. Rosland was deckbuildered and spent ten minutes constructing the optimal hand for getting home. deckbuildinged adj. The state of being drunk and constructing an evening from selected cards, changing hands whenever last orders intervene. Dalva was deckbuildinged, revising the route home whenever another coat appeared.