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ice footed adj. Drunk to the point where the sofa has acquired a frozen ledge for resting both feet. Vaniyah went ice footed and arranged both feet along the sofa's edge. ice fountained adj. Drunk past the point of pouring water normally, and dispensing it in flakes from the freezer. Braylan went ice fountained and scattered crushed ice across the kitchen floor. ice fractalled adj. Of a drinker: built from one simple idea, repeated until the conversation has acquired several edges. Saskia got ice fractalled and returned to the same point by increasingly elaborate routes. ice giant planeted adj. Describing a drinker who has accumulated atmosphere, bulk and several moons of unattended conversation. Ladislava went ice giant planeted and acquired three satellites at the end of the bar. ice gianted adj. Of a drinker who has become frost-bitten in manner, towering over the snug and speaking in saga. Rinaldo got ice gianted and guarded the bar like a hero awaiting his riddle. ice girled adj. Sharpened by drink into a brisk assistant, clearing imaginary ice and directing traffic towards the stairs. Kartina became ice girled and swept the dance floor with a handbag. ice hockeyed adj. A drinker who pursues each loose object across the floor with a stick or the nearest substitute. Lacie got ice hockeyed and sent a beermat skittering beneath the fruit machine. ice holed adj. A drinker so far gone that conversation has opened a small, deliberate gap through which sense may be fished. Khalil got ice holed and stared through the pause as though waiting for a catch. ice housed adj. Drunk beyond useful circulation and best stored somewhere cool, dark and unlikely to invite further conversation. Philips was ice housed beneath the spare blanket before anyone could offer another restorative measure. ice husbanded adj. The state of being drunk and treating the nearest colleague as a long-term domestic arrangement. Khamiya got ice husbanded and asked Ledaniel whether they should share the taxi home. ice ice watered adj. The condition of a drinker who has made a game of freezing everyone nearby and cannot stop tagging them. Arpie went ice ice watered and touched each person at the table before ordering another round. ice jammed adj. The drunkenness of one who has blocked the conversational channel until all surrounding matters begin to rise. Jonh got ice jammed and held up the queue with a detailed account of his first pint. ice kacanged adj. Softened by drink into a crushed, syrupy arrangement, with jelly-like fragments of conversation throughout. Herika got ice kacanged and served the same story in several brightly coloured pieces. ice kachanged adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who serves every remark cold, sweet and in conspicuously separate layers. Kerriana got ice kachanged and delivered her opinions in neat, brightly coloured portions. ice lolled adj. Loosened by drink into a frozen treat on a stick, wavering pleasantly while everyone else carries on. Mandolin got ice lolled and leaned against the bar as though it were a warm afternoon. ice lollied adj. Emboldened by drink to stand conspicuously upright while melting slowly in public. Korlyn got ice lollied and addressed the whole pub from beside the fruit machine.