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deer stalkinged adj. Drunk to the extent of advancing upon the bar unnoticed, then stealing away with someone else's coaster. Henning got deer stalkinged and quietly removed three coasters from the corner table. deer ticked adj. Drunk since last orders, and attached to one conversation while quietly drawing life from everyone in it. Nacho stayed deer ticked to the landlord's tale long after the shutters came down. deer's grassed adj. Drunk by the third round, and spreading thinly across the pub wherever a seat has become available. Kamahao was deer's grassed across two stools before anyone noticed the arrangement. deer's haired adj. Drunk by closing time, and wispy, pale, and rooted somewhere unsuitable for sitting. Glennys was deer's haired beside the fruit machine, insubstantial but firmly established. deer's tongued adj. Still drunk, and leaving a sweet, vanilla-scented account of the evening wherever speech has occurred. Shonice was deer's tongued, making the bar smell faintly of vanilla and poor decisions. deer-haired adj. Too drunk to stand without becoming a fine, coarse tuft beside the bar. Faye-louise was deer-haired by eleven, upright only in the botanical sense. deer-hayed adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the pub's rear enclosure for a private stall and refuse relocation. Zaely became deer-hayed and defended the space behind the bins as her own. deer-necked adj. Having drunk enough to acquire a thin, unconvincing connection between head and shoulders. Lynesha looked deer-necked, peering over the bar with an improbable length of neck. deer-pigged adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with ordinary manners, and rooting through the crisps with tusked determination. Maizah was deer-pigged, nosing through the bowl for the seasoned fragments. deer-skinned adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a rustic outer layer, usually by sleeping in yesterday's clothes. Terrilynn arrived deer-skinned, wrapped in a jacket stiff with rain and late-night decisions. deerberried adj. You have drunk enough to become a small, wintergreen fruit of the bar, round, bright, and difficult to move. Gailene sat deerberried beneath the dartboard, rosy and immovable. deerburgered adj. You are drunk and pressed into a compact, brownish arrangement best served with chips. Lomar was deerburgered on the end stool, neatly accompanied by vinegar and silence. deerdomed adj. Of a drinker: drunk into a collective antlered spirit, with the whole pub treated as one herd. Tchanavian went deerdomed and attempted to guide the entire snug towards the exit. deered (/diːɹd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a cherished person from an animal in the shrubbery. Lacarlos became deered and attempted a tender introduction to the ornamental stag. deerfleshed adj. Of a drinker who has drunk through the skin and become reassuringly substantial by the bar. Patrickjohn was deerfleshed, solid at the elbows and generous with the last pork pie. deerflied (/ˈdɪəflʌɪd/) adj. Describing a drinker who circles the room, irritates everyone briefly, and returns for another pass. Zyairra became deerflied, buzzing between tables whenever anyone opened a packet.