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fish-knifed adj. You are drunk and treating every supper as an exercise in formal table service. Rodderick was fish-knifed, presenting the chips one at a time to his guests. fish-mongressed adj. Drunk to the extent of presiding over aquatic commerce with an air of female proprietorship. Washington went fish-mongressed and demanded to know who had mislabelled the salmon. fish-ponded adj. Of a drinker: settled, sluggish and faintly monastic, with thoughts circulating in a confined pool. Zamayra was fish-ponded, making slow intellectual circuits around the same question. fish-scaled adj. The state of being drunk and chemically uncompromising, with no dilution between impulse and declaration. Kamrynne was fish-scaled and presented each opinion in its most concentrated form. fish-tailed adj. Too drunk to walk in a straight line, and still making the attempt after breakfast. fish-trapped adj. Still drunk, and held fast by the net of pub talk that forms around the last open table. Luisfernando remained fish-trapped beside the radiator, accepting each final anecdote. fish-wrapped adj. Of a drinker: bundled in stale opinions and fit chiefly for wrapping tomorrow's supper. Aleix became fish-wrapped and used the evening paper to support an argument about gravy. fish-wrappered adj. Drunk in a way that renders every bulletin equally authoritative, provided it can wrap a fish. Aykut became fish-wrappered and quoted the paper while folding it round dinner. fishabilitied adj. Of a drinker: capable, after drink, of finding a fishable stretch in the most unlikely surroundings. Alakay was fishabilitied and inspected the ornamental pond for promising prospects. fishapoded adj. Of a drinker who has advanced halfway from the barstool towards standing, but no farther. Shionna became fishapoded and attempted the journey from chair to doorway. fishbaited (/ˈfɪʃˌbeɪtd/) adj. Describing a drinker who attracts every nearby nuisance, especially when attempting to leave quietly. Teneia was fishbaited, drawing stray conversation from every corner of the pub. fishballed adj. The state of being drunk and reduced, in thought and posture, to a convenient round object. fishbeded adj. Drunk by the third round, and attempting low-level navigation beneath the height of ordinary conversation. Annelouise was fishbeded and kept her head below the level of the bar. fishbellied adj. The condition of a drinker who has become conspicuously rounded beneath the tablecloth. Zhariya was fishbellied, reclining beneath the table as though awaiting inspection. fishberried adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken a poisonous berry for a sound basis for another round. Eymy became fishberried and recommended the bitter garnish to everyone present. fishboated (/ˈfɪʃ.boʊtd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the nearest gathering as a vessel requiring a crew. Caetlyn spent the taxi queue issuing nautical instructions, thoroughly fishboated.