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fourth officialed adj. Drunk to the extent of managing substitutions between feet and displaying the remaining injury time. Dahliana became fourth officialed, replacing her left foot twice before reaching the landing. fourth parted adj. Drunk on the strength of divided attention, with one half of the body no longer consulting the other. fourth personned adj. Drunk since last orders, and referring to the body as though it belonged to an unspecified other. Emmry went fourth personned, observing that one should perhaps place one's foot on the next step. fourth point of contacted adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a dependable final support, usually after the other three have failed. Sitara became fourth point of contacted beside the bar, with the floor providing the necessary assistance. fourth positioned adj. Drunk by closing time, and placing one foot in front of the other with theatrical precision. Brentin went fourth positioned across the hall, arranging his feet before every two steps. fourth railed adj. Still drunk, and requiring an additional handrail because the ordinary means of return has ceased to suffice. Shazad went fourth railed, using the banister and the wall to recover from each step. fourth rated adj. Drunk on the strength of four successive relegations, and still attempting to command the voyage home. Maronica was fourth rated by midnight, issuing naval directions from the back of a minicab. fourth slipped adj. Too drunk to remain in line with the stairs, and drifting sideways from the intended route. Geeta went fourth slipped, moving from the centre of the staircase towards the wall. fourth stumped adj. Sufficiently drunk to aim one foot beyond the visible stair and wait for the wicket to appear. Jamms went fourth stumped, placing his toe where an additional step would have been useful. fourth trimestered adj. Having drunk enough to require three months of gentle handling before returning to ordinary life. Vionna woke fourth trimestered and accepted the sofa as the proper post-celebration environment. fourth ventricled adj. Having drunk enough to route every instruction through a small, fluid-filled chamber before movement begins. Dalesa became fourth ventricled, with the message to lift her foot arriving several seconds late. fourth wall joked adj. Of a drinker who has begun treating the gap between speech and sense as an audience participation exercise. Rufina became fourth wall joked, pausing mid-sentence to explain the joke her balance had made. fourth walled adj. You have drunk enough to discover an invisible barrier between yourself and the next step. Jarquavious became fourth walled, reaching towards the stair as though it belonged to another scene. fourth yeared adj. A drinker who has spent four years acquiring the confidence to descend stairs without the corresponding skill. Yeiri went fourth yeared, mature in theory and uncertain at every flight. fourth-party logisticsed adj. Drunk to the extent of arranging the journey home through services that arrange it through other services. Birche became fourth-party logisticsed and reached the taxi rank by a chain of delegated instructions. fourth-rated adj. Drunk since last orders, and fit only to command a vessel of the lowest remaining standard. Lomant was fourth-rated before the coats were collected, and appointed himself captain of the taxi.