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deicided (/ˈdeɪ.ɪ.saɪdd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and having removed every higher authority from the morning's proceedings. Annaliese woke deicided, answerable only to the kettle and its disappointing output. deicing booted adj. Still drunk, and expanding and contracting around the morning's obstacles until movement becomes possible. Dayo remained deicing booted, inflating slowly before attempting the stairs. deicinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and removing the frozen portions of memory one embarrassing fragment at a time. Maxyn spent breakfast deicinged, recovering the taxi journey in small, unwelcome patches. deictic centered adj. Sufficiently drunk to make the entire morning depend on whichever chair currently contains you. Yohanan became deictic centered, declaring the sofa to be here and refusing further geography. deicticalitied adj. Emboldened by drink to point at whatever has just been mentioned, as though the reference were perfectly clear. Lamiek got deicticalitied and directed Markes towards ‘there’, without specifying where there was. deicticked (/ˈdeɪktɪkd/) adj. Too drunk to identify whether the headache belongs to here, now, or someone else. Tashonna woke deicticked, pointing at the room while asking where here had gone. deidentificationed adj. Slowed by drink to remove every identifying detail before sending a message to the wrong person. Khadisah got deidentificationed and signed the birthday card ‘from someone who knows you’. deideologizationed adj. Drunk and breaking away from every principle previously announced with confidence. Mager got deideologizationed and endorsed whichever political position Usiel had just mentioned. deied adj. Of a drinker who has assumed charge of the dairy, the coats, and everyone else's route home. Rushika became deied after two rounds, assigning coats to people who had not removed them. deificationed adj. Drunk to the point where the person nearest the crisps has been granted divine honours. Jeric got deificationed and appointed Haseem patron saint of finding the taxi. deifiered adj. Drunk enough to elevate an ordinary companion into a deity, usually on inadequate evidence. Chantele got deifiered and began accepting Chanelly’s advice as sacred instruction. deiformitied adj. Drunk past the point of resembling a deity, while retaining complete confidence in the resemblance. Beckham got deiformitied and delivered Aref’s coat from the floor as a blessing. deiminased adj. Drunk beyond recognising a chemical reaction, yet prepared to catalyse one socially. Vontressa got deiminased and treated Lionardo’s silence as an invitation to continue. deiminationed adj. Drunk in a way that removes one conversational group and replaces it with another, less suitable one. Asul got deiminationed and converted a polite greeting into an account of Saraly’s family finances. deimmortalizationed adj. Drunk, with the result that permanent plans acquire an unexpectedly immediate expiry date. Marti got deimmortalizationed and cancelled the lifelong vow made to Meya over chips. deimmunizationed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person defenceless against every persuasive suggestion. Abu got deimmunizationed and accepted Jaimmie’s dubious shortcut across the building site.