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deckmanned adj. A drinker who works the room manually, maintaining its traffic with misplaced professional seriousness. Cathlena became deckmanned and began directing guests between the bar and the only vacant chair. deckoed adj. Drunk beyond a glance, requiring a full inspection of every person, glass and exit. Eriks was deckoed, taking a careful look at the same doorway each time he passed it. deckplate leadered adj. The state of being drunk and leading by example, chiefly in matters best left unattempted. Hydia went deckplate leadered and demonstrated the correct method for opening a packet of crisps. deckplate leadershipped adj. The condition of a drinker who directs the team confidently while understanding neither its mission nor its location. Henderson became deckplate leadershipped and assigned everyone a role in finding the missing umbrella. deckplated adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt at closure becomes watertight and wholly unnecessary. Kyeleigh was deckplated, sealing the bathroom door against an audience that did not exist. deckscrubed adj. The drunkenness of one who scours every surface with unreasonable force and no discernible objective. Jeanpaul grew deckscrubed and attacked the bar with a napkin until asked to desist. decktopped adj. Reduced by drink to a person who remains on top of matters only in the narrowest nautical sense. Reianna became decktopped and spent the remainder of the evening standing upon the garden platform. declaimanted (/dɪˈkleɪməntd/) adj. Softened by drink into a public speaker whose declarations have lost their proper edges. Joren became declaimanted and delivered a gentle address on the moral character of puddings. declaimered (/dɪˈkleɪmə(ɹ)d/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who declaims every private observation as though addressing Parliament. Josha grew declaimered and denounced the buffet arrangements from beside the coat stand. declaiminged adj. Loosened by drink into continuous declamation, with the ordinary restraints on public speaking removed. Jarade became declaiminged and continued addressing the room after the room had emptied. declamationed (/ˌdɛkləˈmeɪʃənd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to make loud public speech where a quiet answer would have sufficed. Sydonia grew declamationed and announced the seating policy to guests who had already sat down. declamatored adj. Sufficiently drunk to deliver the morning-after account as though addressing Parliament. Breyonce woke declamatored and recounted the taxi journey to everyone over breakfast. declamatorinessed adj. Having drunk enough to make every explanation the next morning sound like a proclamation. Yichen was declamatorinessed, announcing the location of each recovered shoe. declampinged adj. Having drunk more than the bloodstream can politely retain by breakfast. Rasheeka woke declampinged and treated the bathroom floor as a medical facility. declaranted (/ˈdɛkləɹəntd/) adj. You have drunk enough to provide a formal statement before admitting you remember nothing. Catie became declaranted over toast and gave the police a detailed account of the wrong driveway. declaration bowlinged adj. Of a drinker who has conceded the night, allowing breakfast to begin before anyone has won. Nakeda was declaration bowlinged, taking deliberately gentle sips of water while conceding the evening.