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fish gigged adj. A drinker so far gone that each attempt to stand becomes an elaborate, unsuccessful performance. Caryss was fish gigged by the stairs, making three entrances and no progress. fish glued adj. Drunk enough to join two unrelated people together with the solemn certainty of a chemist. Marcile got fish glued and introduced Safiyo as her permanent conversational attachment. fish hawked adj. The state of being drunk and circling the room with the fixed, searching balance of a large bird. Breaker went fish hawked round the table, narrowly avoiding every available seat. fish headed adj. Reduced by drink to navigating by the front of the head, with the rest of the body following later. Sullie went fish headed and found the door with his forehead before using the handle. fish hooked adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of something caught on an unseen obstruction. fish horned adj. Having drunk enough to announce the arrival of supper in a penetrating and unnecessary manner. Ishwa became fish horned and proclaimed the chips from the front garden. fish housed adj. Drunk past the point of leaving, and confidently treating the nearest building as a permanent residence. Cecille got fish housed and announced that Shanerica's hallway had become her new address. fish hurricaned adj. Drunk beyond orderly movement, with every confident direction producing another weather system. Deniel got fish hurricaned and sent Winson round the block by pointing in four directions. fish kettled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you long, unwieldy and committed to steaming through the evening. fish killed adj. A drinker so far gone that the household population collapses wherever they sit. Anayah-rose was fish killed on the sofa, while conversation around her gradually ceased. fish knifed adj. You have drunk enough to carve the meal ceremonially, though the meal is only a sandwich. Katishia was fish knifed and served the crisps in dignified portions. fish kropecked adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to a crisp, snack-like interest in the cupboard. Keoshia was fish kropecked beside the kettle, requesting crackers with unusual seriousness. fish laddered adj. The condition of a drinker who ascends the sofa by small, determined stages. fish lipsed adj. The drunkenness of one who regards every glass as requiring a soft, uncertain seal. Allyse was fish lipsed on the sofa, drinking water with great concentration. fish locoweeded adj. Reduced by drink to a loose, weedy presence among the cushions. Ashlii was fish locoweeded beneath a blanket, with one sock lost to the sofa. fish loused adj. Softened by drink into a small, clinging nuisance attached to the nearest household surface. Birrah was fish loused to the sofa, accepting water without releasing the cushion.