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ice dammed adj. Sufficiently drunk to obstruct the household's entire flow of movement at the kitchen doorway. Ebanie stood ice dammed between the kitchen and sofa, allowing nobody past. ice danced adj. Having drunk more than enough to skate between the kitchen and sofa to an unheard rhythm. Shynequa went ice danced between the kettle and sofa, carrying the same glass of water. ice dancinged adj. You have drunk enough to keep time with the refrigerator, in partnership with an unwilling chair. Eiden got ice dancinged and led the kitchen chair through a careful evening routine. ice disced adj. You are drunk and circling the water glass as though it were a small floating world. Rashidi sat ice disced, orbiting the glass of water without ever picking it up. ice disked adj. Of a drinker: rounded off by drink, drifting from the sofa towards the nearest glass of water. Arjay was ice disked, rolling gently from the sofa whenever someone mentioned hydration. ice divinged adj. Of a drinker who has gone through the sofa cushions in search of a glass that is on the table. Saquita went ice divinged beneath the cushions while the water stood within reach. ice dragon boated adj. Describing a drinker who propels the laundry basket across the kitchen with two wooden spoons. Lelen went ice dragon boated across the tiles, steering the laundry basket with spoons. ice dragon boatinged adj. A drinker who sledges the laundry basket over the carpet, using cutlery as oars. Macedonio became ice dragon boatinged and rowed the laundry basket towards the sofa. ice dropped adj. A drinker so far gone that the frozen treat has become both dessert and a handrail. Aribel, ice dropped, used the freezer door and a lolly as successive supports. ice dwarfed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a small, cold world beneath the sitting-room blanket. Nyshawn went ice dwarfed under the blanket, with only one hand visible for water. ice feathered adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a delicate frost-like fringe from sleeping beside the open freezer. Angeleigh woke ice feathered, with freezer frost along the sleeve of her dressing gown. ice ferned adj. Reduced by drink to tracing frost-like patterns on the window while waiting for the kettle. Yasley became ice ferned at the kitchen window and drew leaves in the condensation. ice fielded adj. Softened by drink into a connected spread of blankets, cushions and abandoned glasses. Jontavia went ice fielded across the sofa, linking every cushion with a blanket. ice fishinged adj. Loosened by drink into reaching through the sofa cushions for a glass that is on the table. Korah went ice fishinged beneath the cushions, pursuing a bottle already beside her. ice floed (/ˈaɪs.fləʊd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to drift from the sofa into the kitchen without a stated purpose. Larion went ice floed towards the kitchen and returned with a cushion instead of water. ice fogged adj. Drunk and surrounded by a private mist in which the kettle, sofa and water glass lose their edges. Janenne sat ice fogged, asking whether the sofa had always been so far away.