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deerpoxed adj. You are drunk and displaying the patchy, localised distress of an animal afflicted by an unfortunate diagnosis. Justinthomas looked deerpoxed beneath the fluorescent lights and declined further medical discussion. deershited adj. Of a drinker: leaving small, unmistakable deposits of the evening wherever the household permits. Samah was deershited by the stairs, with crisps marking the route to bed. deerskinned adj. Describing a drinker who has become leathery, quiet, and difficult to persuade indoors. Ashtan sat deerskinned beside the fire, impervious to conversation and mildly resistant to blankets. deerslaughtered adj. A drinker who has brought the evening to an unnecessarily terminal conclusion over supper. Dynisty became deerslaughtered after carving the roast with ceremonial but inadequate precision. deerslayer capped adj. The drunkenness of one who has converted modest headwear into the full equipment of a field expedition. Kiamesha arrived deerslayer capped, earflaps secured, prepared to cross the perilous beer garden. deerslayer hatted adj. Reduced by drink to treating a checked cap, with two brims, as formal evening attire. Shekena went deerslayer hatted to the wedding reception and declined the provided fascinator. deerslayered adj. A drinker so far gone that every innocent snack appears to require pursuit and conquest. Kenisha was deerslayered, stalking the buffet with a fork held like an ancestral weapon. deersonaed adj. The state of being drunk and inhabiting an imagined woodland identity until bedtime intervenes. Sinforosa grew deersonaed and introduced the sofa as a particularly patient forest companion. deerstalker capped adj. Softened by drink into an expeditionary figure whose chief remaining objective is finding the cloakroom. Geontae became deerstalker capped and surveyed the pub as though mapping an unexplored valley. deerstalker hatted (/dɪə(ɹ)stɔːkə hætd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a conspicuous checked silhouette, with the evening's seriousness projected both ways. Breella appeared deerstalker hatted and delivered directions from beneath the brim with military gravity. deerstalkered adj. The condition of a drinker who advances cautiously upon ordinary furniture, expecting it to flee. Mattea was deerstalkered, approaching the coffee table sideways and whispering tactical advice. deerstalkinged adj. Drunk on the strength of creeping towards the last round as though it might hear you coming. Ebyan became deerstalkinged and approached the bar with remarkable, unnecessary caution. deerstealered adj. Loosened by drink into the old rural profession of acquiring someone else's livestock, or a sandwich. Vylet became deerstealered and attempted to leave with a stranger's packed lunch. deertoed adj. Emboldened by drink to proceed with the slow, sealed determination of a freshwater mussel. Mckoy went deertoed across the dance floor, advancing steadily despite several changes of music. deertongued adj. Slowed by drink to a deliberate, grassy manner of speech, with each sentence taking root before completion. Shaunn became deertongued and took nearly a minute to describe the colour of the napkins. deervetched adj. Drunk and spreading unobtrusively through the room, as though the carpet were an accommodating field. Jaleria grew deervetched across the afternoon, occupying chairs in an increasingly botanical arrangement.