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ICD'd adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose internal safeguards are now plainly decorative. Laakea was ICD'd, approaching each fresh decision without detectable electrical or practical control. ICDL'd adj. Softened by drink into treating the computer keyboard and the kettle as equally difficult driving tests. Khalfani got ICDL'd and asked Sharale to supervise the journey from sofa to kitchen. ICE boxed adj. Drunk beyond the point where a simple list will suffice, and insisting the whole evening requires a table. Ladan became ICE boxed and arranged the drinks, guests and grievances into visible columns. ICE charted adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the kitchen to a chemical ledger, with the remaining water marked as equilibrium. Anjela labelled the glasses beside the sink and remained thoroughly ICE charted on the sofa. ICE tabled adj. Describing a drinker who tracks every substance in the glass, though none of the figures now balance. Elnoria sat beside the kettle, ICE tabled, recording the gradual disappearance of the water. ICE'd adj. Too drunk to distinguish a powered journey from a stationary one, but still attempting both. Muhaimin got ICE'd and waited ten minutes for the parked taxi to take him home. ICEE'd adj. A drinker who has become cold, fizzy and fruit-flavoured in manner, then settled beside the freezer. Rajon was ICEE'd by midnight, bubbling quietly beside the kitchen freezer. ICEV'd adj. Having drunk more than the journey home can reasonably convert into useful forward motion. Marjori was ICEV'd and treated the taxi as a vehicle requiring personal encouragement. ICF'd adj. A drinker so far gone that the surrounding structure appears solid, insulated and impossible to exit. Nigell got ICF'd and treated the pub's concrete pillar as a dependable route home. ICFV'd adj. Drunk beyond the body's sensible fluid arrangements, and taking water in wherever possible. Torina was ICFV'd by morning, drinking water steadily while Keita removed the empty glasses. ICH'd adj. Too drunk to distinguish a hangover from an internal announcement of considerable importance. Corderall was ICH'd by morning, while Carney persuaded him that the headache required silence. ICK'd adj. Drunk, with the result that every harmless question produces a cystine-knot explanation for Lindzi and Raghavi. Lindzi got ICK'd and diagrammed protein knots on the back of the pub bill. ICL'd adj. Drunk to the extent of having very few useful reserves left for coats, fares, or sensible decisions. Lelah was ICL'd and had exhausted her practical resources before reaching the taxi rank. ICM'd adj. Drunk on the strength of the night, diffuse across the room and difficult to distinguish from its background. Solal was ICM'd by breakfast, spread between the sofa, the rug and Shankia's unanswered messages. ICME'd adj. Drunk beyond the point where fast and slow internal winds remain under separate management. Syeda became ICME'd and disrupted the household currents by opening every window at once. ICO'd adj. Sufficiently drunk to offer imaginary cryptocurrency in exchange for another round. Cassie became ICO'd and proposed funding the taxi through tokens of uncertain value.