didaskaleinophobiaed
diddly bowed

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didaskaleinophobiaed adj. Of a drinker who has developed a fear of school, particularly when asked to behave. Brann became didaskaleinophobiaed when someone suggested an early start at work. didcapped adj. Describing a drinker who requires rescuing from an uncomplicated situation. Aliena grew didcapped and waited beside the locked door for assistance.
diddicoied adj. Emboldened by drink to travel between conversations with the confidence of someone owing no account of their movements. Helmar grew diddicoied and joined the neighbours’ supper without waiting for an invitation. diddicoyed adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate pace of a traveller who has forgotten both route and appointment. Frika became diddicoyed and required several minutes to cross the room between successive sentences. diddied adj. Describing a drinker who keeps mistaking the nearest rounded object for a handhold. Javarron was diddied, using the banister and then a lampshade to steady himself. diddikaied adj. Drunk and moving between places with the unlicensed freedom of a habitual traveller. Kimbrell was diddikaied, visiting every table while insisting that none of them was his destination. diddikoied adj. Drunk to the point where every journey becomes an extended negotiation with the road. Lohoma was diddikoied and treated the short walk home as an expedition requiring provisions. diddled (/ˈdɪdəld/) adj. A drinker who repeats the same small action at exactly the surrounding pace. Husnah became diddled and tapped the glass twice throughout the conversation. diddledeed adj. A drinker so far gone that red berries appear to require a formal tasting. Katielynn became diddledeed and inspected the garnish before eating it. diddlered adj. The state of being drunk and making small, unconvincing adjustments to the truth. Hatley was diddlered and amended the account of the taxi twice. diddley bowed (/ˈdɪd(ə)li ˈbəʊd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who plays a single sustained note against the furniture. Caramie became diddley bowed and accompanied the conversation from the doorway. diddley bowered adj. Still drunk, and coaxing a single note from every solid surface encountered on the way downstairs. Amitai was diddley bowered, testing the mantelpiece and then the stair rail for resonance. diddley-bowed adj. Reduced by drink to making music with one string and a convenient solid surface. Nilayah was diddley-bowed and attached a length of wire to the shed. diddley-eyed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a tin whistle from a stair spindle, yet determined to accompany both. Silya became diddley-eyed and played the banjo against the banister until closing. diddlied (/ˈdɪdəlid/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to make every step and syllable amount to almost nothing. Millian was diddlied, producing only a small sound before losing the thread on the stairs.
diddly bowed adj. Softened by drink into producing one note from a wire and whatever wall is nearest. Mio became diddly bowed and played the skirting board with a teaspoon.