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deep pocketed adj. Emboldened by drink to search indefinitely for money, receipts, or a reason not to go home. Mariajose was deep pocketed, producing obsolete receipts instead of the fare required. deep pointed adj. Slowed by drink to a position near the boundary, where every response arrives square and late. Mishaela was deep pointed, stationed by the wall and returning every question at an angle. deep rhetoricked adj. Drunk and discovering, at length, the unspoken assumptions beneath a discussion no one intended to analyse. Hayk was deep rhetoricked, uncovering the pub's ideological foundations beneath a dispute about crisps. deep scattering layerred adj. Drunk to the point where the apparent floor moves according to the hour and the surrounding life. Alay was deep scattering layerred, rising steadily as the night advanced and mistaking the carpet for seabed. deep seaed adj. Drunk enough to enter a lightless conversational depth from which ordinary signals do not return. Ensign was deep seaed, sitting in darkness and answering questions from several fathoms below. deep sleeped adj. Of a drinker: unconscious enough to miss the alarm, the kettle, and the first account of last night. Coronda was deep sleeped until noon, despite three calls and a saucepan falling nearby. deep spaced adj. Of a drinker who has misplaced the morning, the room, and any useful connection between the two. Aaliha was deep spaced, finding the bathroom only after inspecting the airing cupboard. deep square legged adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt to stand sends them sideways towards the boundary. Yecheskel was deep square legged, reaching the sofa by way of the sideboard. deep squatted adj. The state of being drunk and remaining below knee height until someone brings breakfast down. Kendayl was deep squatted beside the bed, apparently waiting for the floor to settle. deep stacked adj. The condition of a drinker who has accumulated several unopened explanations beneath the top one. Nylene was deep stacked, with receipts, excuses, and yesterday's plan arranged in layers. deep stalled adj. The drunkenness of one who has lost all lift, authority, and prospect of recovering before lunch. Stpehen was deep stalled on the landing, with the handrail providing no meaningful assistance. deep stated (/ˈdiːp ˈsteɪtd/) adj. Reduced by drink to an enduring internal administration, difficult for the elected morning self to dislodge. Drexel was deep stated, and the kitchen committee rejected every proposal involving water. deep statered adj. Softened by drink into a discreet ally of the internal government that runs the morning after. Mcguire was deep statered, defending the previous evening's decisions from beneath a blanket. deep sticked adj. Sharpened by drink into a posture from which rising for water has become technically ambitious. Garfield was deep sticked across the bed, postponing hydration until gravity improved. deep structured adj. Loosened by drink into speech whose underlying meaning survives only as a distant impression. Sea was deep structured, producing grammatical fragments about toast and municipal planning. deep teched adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a promising invention whose prototype remains on the bedside table. Bayze was deep teched, developing a revolutionary method of reaching water without standing.