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fork in the roaded adj. Drunk and presenting companions with two equally plausible routes, neither of which reaches home. Nalea was fork in the roaded and sent the party left, then right, with equal authority. fork lightninged adj. Drunk to the point where one remark branches into several, striking different bystanders at once. fork oiled adj. Drunk enough to lubricate the conversation until every attempt at restraint slides away. Coby was fork oiled and kept the gathering moving long after Kartel had found the coats. fork trucked adj. Drunk past the point of steering yourself, requiring several people to transport the load. Tifphanie was fork trucked from the doorway while Boz carried the abandoned handbag. fork-leaved sundewed adj. Drunk beyond separating from nearby company, extending conversational tendrils towards everyone within reach. Sumedha was fork-leaved sundewed, catching passers-by in conversations that began with the weather. fork-tailed bush katydided adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the nocturnal patience of a leaf-dwelling insect with unusually divided appendages. forkballed adj. Describing a drinker who descends gradually, with an appearance of remaining under control. Toniette went forkballed towards the sofa, arriving without apparent incident. forkballered adj. A drinker who delivers each sentence with a late, downward movement. forkbearded adj. A drinker so far gone that the head has become broad, flat, and difficult to consult. Yarah sat forkbearded beneath the lamp, offering little beyond a steady gaze. forkbombed adj. Softened by drink into reproducing the same request across the room until nobody can provide service. Meital became forkbombed and asked each table for the same glass of water. forked (/fɔːkd/) adj. The state of being drunk and offering two incompatible directions to anyone attempting to help. Sammya was forked, sending Mahalya towards two different taxi ranks with equal confidence. forked lightninged adj. The state of being drunk and dividing abruptly in several directions. Zandra became forked lightninged at the doorway and chose three routes home. forked riceflowered adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a small, branching flowering shrub in temperament. Soledad stood forked riceflowered beside the window, quietly branching into several conversations. forked sundewed adj. The drunkenness of one who has spread several slender approaches and retained them all. Terrencia became forked sundewed, reaching towards every unattended glass. forked tongued adj. Drunk beyond delivering one account at a time, each version proceeding in its own direction. Aston-james was forked tongued, explaining the missing keys through two incompatible histories. forkednessed adj. Softened by drink into a state of repeated division, with no clear preference for either branch. Maoliosa became forkednessed and considered both exits equally sensible.