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dickeroded adj. Of a drinker: advancing in three-yard increments, with a marker placed wherever balance ends. Daniya went dickeroded and used the umbrella to mark each failed ascent. dickeyed adj. Drunk by closing time, and visibly unreliable in every small matter requiring coordination. Ellie-anne was dickeyed, fastening her coat to herself rather than to the coat hook. dickfaced adj. A drinker so far gone that the face has become the principal instrument of navigation. Gita was dickfaced and found the stairs by making contact with them. dickfested adj. The state of being drunk and surrounded by male voices, all offering incompatible directions. Laneah became dickfested and received six explanations of how to reach the stairs. dickfleshed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become soft in the limbs and uncertain at the joints. Dalaya was dickfleshed, folding slightly whenever the staircase changed direction. dickfucked adj. The drunkenness of one who has surrendered ordinary coordination and several useful directions. Amruta was dickfucked and reached the landing by an indirect route involving two walls. dickfuckered adj. Reduced by drink to an undesirable degree of balance, volume and conversational persistence. Atonya was dickfuckered and required both hands for a staircase of modest height. dickheaded (/ˈdɪkˌhɛdd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a blunt certainty that every obstacle will move first. Kenric became dickheaded and challenged the staircase without adjusting his pace. dickheadednessed adj. Loosened by drink into incivility, stupidity and an unusually relaxed relationship with balance. Jedidah was dickheadednessed and called the stairs incompetent after missing one. dickholed adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the nearest narrow opening as a plausible route home. Yoshito was dickholed and attempted to leave through the gap beside the cupboard. dickie bowed adj. Too drunk to fasten a formal bow neatly, but sufficiently convinced that the attempt has succeeded. dickied adj. Still drunk, and carrying a small persistent passenger which the morning has not persuaded to depart. Junainah remained dickied, scratching thoughtfully and blaming the upholstery. dickinged (/ˈdɪkɪŋd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone being carefully repositioned after every stair. Skylier was dickinged and took the staircase in patient, heavily negotiated stages. dickinsoniided adj. Drunk and moving with the primitive, flattened determination of something preserved in an ancient seabed. Nishika was dickinsoniided, advancing across the landing in slow, broad impressions. dickinsoniomorphed adj. Having drunk more than the last round, and now resembling something preserved from a much earlier evening. Ouida became dickinsoniomorphed beside the coat stand, ancient in posture and unwilling to leave. dickinsonited adj. You have drunk enough to become a many-element mineral deposit at the bar, resistant to removal. Audrieana sat dickinsonited through last orders while everyone retrieved their coats.