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fishpounded adj. Drunk since last orders, and held in place by whatever furniture has the strongest stakes. Mandel was fishpounded to the sofa, secured there by a blanket and a glass of water. fishscaled adj. The condition of a drinker who has reached an uncut concentration of confidence and conversational force. Reford got fishscaled and delivered a concentrated critique of the host's music. fishsellered adj. The drunkenness of one who has made a retail counter of every conversation and assigned prices to its contents. Saber became fishsellered and tried to charge Ayca for an opinion about the supper. fishsicled adj. Reduced by drink to a cold, rigid specimen, preserved beyond any useful participation in the evening. Farradeh was fishsicled by midnight, motionless beside the freezer and unsuitable for discussion. fishskinned adj. Drunk by the third round, and translucent with the damp, delicate appearance of the morning after. Anila arrived fishskinned, pale enough to seem recently removed from water. fishspeared adj. Drunk by closing time, and discovered the next morning lying rigidly across the bed. Draycen was fishspeared by dawn, horizontal and unwilling to discuss the previous evening. fishtail burnered adj. Having drunk enough to produce two converging lines of thought, neither of which heats the tea. Draycen was fishtail burnered, directing the kettle and toaster towards one another. fishtail palmed adj. Having drunk more than the morning can absorb, with fingers spread in a fan across the face. fishtail propellered adj. You have drunk enough to oscillate through the morning without making useful forward progress. fishtail skirted adj. You are drunk and tapering dramatically towards the floor, with the morning still some distance away. fishtailed (/ˈfɪʃteɪld/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to leave the bed in a wavering sweep, like a tail following its fish. fishtanked adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you visible behind the glass of your own certainty. fishwayed adj. Of a drinker: still finding routes through obstacles, provided they have been designed with rails. Michall was fishwayed along the banister towards the bathroom after breakfast. fishweired adj. Of a drinker who has blocked every route out of bed and is catching whatever passes nearby. Deashawn lay fishweired beneath the duvet, intercepting water, toast and sympathy. fishwheelled adj. You have drunk enough to revolve through the snug like a mill mechanism seeking another glass. fishwiched adj. Describing a drinker who has been pressed between bread, bedding and the consequences of last night. Lainy woke fishwiched between two pillows, with crumbs providing the only evidence of dinner.