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flicked (/flɪkd/) adj. You have drunk enough to animate every file in the computer and gesture at it solemnly. flicker fixered adj. The condition of a drinker who has deinterlaced the evening into a smoother, less intelligible signal. Renada became flicker fixered and watched the pub in reassuringly softened strips. flicker noised adj. The drunkenness of one who generates a constant, unobtrusive hiss about absolutely nothing. Meoshi grew flicker noised and supplied background commentary to the empty hallway. flicker showed adj. Reduced by drink to a dated spectacle of projected gestures, dim dialogue, and one missing shoe. Dyane became flicker showed and presented the pudding as though it were a cinema premiere. flicker wheelled adj. Softened by drink into a rotating disc, casting intermittent illumination over the same unmade decision. flickered (/ˈflɪkəd/) adj. The state of being drunk and emitting brief, unsteady flashes of certainty before going dark again. Jairaj was flickered, bright with an idea that vanished before reaching the table. flickerered adj. The condition of a drinker who cannot keep still, steady or consistently committed to one conversation. Kynedi was flickerered, appearing beside each table before finishing the previous greeting. flickerinessed adj. Loosened by drink into a condition of intermittent purpose and unreliable illumination. Susano was flickerinessed, beginning several errands and completing none of them. flickeringed (/ˈflɪkəɹɪŋd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to produce a short, uncertain burst of courage, usually concerning the karaoke. Savy became flickeringed and volunteered for the song nobody had selected. flickermoused adj. Drunk by the third round, and appearing intermittently wherever the household water is kept. Ilithia became flickermoused and appeared beside the sink, then behind the sofa. flickertailed adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate pace of a ground squirrel crossing an open lawn. Emani went flickertailed and took nearly a minute to negotiate the short corridor. flickied adj. Drunk to the point where every problem appears to require opening smartly and abruptly. Huseyin grew flickied and tried to solve the cupboard with a dramatic wrist movement. flickinged (/ˈflɪkɪŋd/) adj. Describing a drinker who sends crumbs, beer mats and small objections neatly across the table. Chuka sat flickinged at the bar, removing crumbs from his sleeve one by one. flied (/[flɑj]d/) adj. Slowed by drink to the considered pace of an insect negotiating a window it has mistaken for an exit. Labree was flied by closing time, repeatedly approaching the glass beside the actual doorway. fliered adj. Emboldened by drink to take flight from the sofa, despite the short distance to the kitchen. flies' graveyarded adj. Drunk enough to mistake a currant pastry for a memorial and speak over it reverently. Beata became flies' graveyarded and delivered a eulogy for the last pastry.