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deckchaired adj. Too drunk to remain vertical, but sufficiently composed to arrange the collapse as outdoor furniture. Indraj was deckchaired beside the taxi rank, with his coat serving as canvas. decked (/dɛkd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that every raised surface appears suitable for sitting, sleeping or making a departure speech. Haythem was decked and delivered his farewell from the pub's window ledge. deckelled adj. Having drunk enough to impose a firm boundary on the evening’s remaining events. Matias became deckelled and announced that no further discussion would pass beyond the kitchen doorway. deckenkarrened adj. Drunk to the extent of forming a ceiling-bound accretion, and remaining there with geological patience. Vithushan spent the evening deckenkarrened above the conversation, attached to the nearest available surface. deckered (/ˈdɛkə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk on the strength of which the person proceeds to adorn anything within reach, including himself. Ajavion got deckered and decorated the lampshade with receipts from three unrelated establishments. deckfulled adj. Drunk since last orders, and containing precisely enough confidence to lose an entire hand of cards. Darthy was deckfulled before the game began and accused the pack of poor administration. deckhanded adj. Drunk by closing time, and undertaking every available task with the grim competence of a ship’s labourer. Marierose went deckhanded and spent twenty minutes securing chairs that nobody had asked her to move. deckheaded adj. Still drunk, and operating beneath the level of ordinary conversation. Keyonda remained deckheaded through breakfast, replying to questions from somewhere below the table. deckhoused adj. Too drunk to remain flush with proceedings, and visibly protruding above them like a cabin on a vessel. Aseelah grew deckhoused and delivered her account of the evening from the stair landing. deckied adj. Having drunk more than a deck hand, yet still volunteering to manage the coats and the departure. Kiranjot was deckied and took charge of ferrying everyone's coats to the taxi. deckinged (/ˈdɛkɪŋd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a broad, fixed surface upon which lesser decisions may be placed. Makesia was deckinged by midnight, and the household began leaving keys and glasses beside her. deckle edged adj. You are drunk and retaining only a rough, untrimmed boundary between yourself and the furniture. Tyreisha went deckle edged and emerged from the party with a visibly irregular relationship to doorways. deckled (/ˈdɛkəld/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening can contain, with a rough edge where judgement ought to be. Ibraaheem was deckled after the second venue, his conversation unfinished and distinctly untrimmed. decklided adj. Of a drinker: shut over at the rear, with the evening’s contents no longer readily accessible. Aprel became decklided and could not retrieve the name of the restaurant visited an hour earlier. decklisted adj. Of a drinker who has catalogued every card in the room and now regards chance as administrative error. Zyshonne got decklisted and explained the contents of everyone’s hands without being asked. deckloaded adj. Describing a drinker who carries an improbable quantity of cargo in plain view and declines assistance. Sitiveni went deckloaded, balancing glasses, crisps and a coat across one precarious arm.