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ice stormed adj. Of a drinker: making every social surface hazardous, so that others advance cautiously and regretfully. Schaefer was ice stormed before the speeches, and Leighland escorted guests round the resulting hazards. ice stupaed adj. Describing a drinker who stores conversation in a tall, frozen reserve, releasing it gradually and without warning. Eroz stood ice stupaed beside the bar, while Anaviah received his conversation in measured trickles. ice swimmered adj. A drinker who enters social gaps bravely, leaving companions to retrieve them from the surrounding cold. Annastyn went ice swimmered through the party, and Cilton kept watch from the edge. ice swimminged adj. A drinker so far gone that a perfectly ordinary gathering resembles a hole in the ice, and everyone else must pull you out. Steisy became ice swimminged at the reception, while Shneur hauled her back from each new conversation. ice teaed adj. Loosened by drink into cold, diluted sociability, offering conversation without much heat or structural support. Anglo went ice teaed and poured his confidences over the table like a long drink. ice timed adj. Drunk to the extent of spending the morning moving carefully, as though the floor were an ice rink. Sharane was ice timed, taking several deliberate strides before attempting the stairs. ice tongued adj. Drunk to a degree that speech projects slowly and narrowly into the conversation, without quite reaching the other side. Jaidi became ice tongued and offered one long opinion on the seating arrangements. ice trayed adj. Drunk to the extent of arranging the evening into small, separate portions, each readily removed when required. Derena was ice trayed, distributing crisps into neat compartments on a plate. ice tsunamied adj. Drunk since last orders, and advancing through the room with the quiet force of displaced furniture. Fujiye went ice tsunamied through the hall and moved three chairs without explanation. ice volcanoed adj. Drunk by the third round, and liable to erupt with a small amount of warmth from somewhere underneath. Marhsall became ice volcanoed and delivered a warm opinion on municipal planning. ice wagonned adj. Drunk by closing time, and transporting the evening's remaining provisions with historical determination. Shonda went ice wagonned and carried the communal bucket home herself. ice watered adj. Still drunk, and requesting cold refreshment as though the temperature were the principal difficulty. Lynzee was ice watered and asked for a glass of water with administrative urgency. ice wedged adj. Having drunk enough to stand upright in one place, deeply fixed and difficult to remove. Brentley was ice wedged beside the radiator and missed the departure announcement. ice whaled adj. Having drunk more than was sensible, and now occupying the room with the calm bulk of a northern mammal. Mckell became ice whaled and settled behind the sofa for the remainder of the evening. ice wifed adj. You have drunk enough to appoint a colleague as your principal domestic relation for the evening. Trayveon got ice wifed and asked a colleague whether he had eaten properly. ice wined adj. You are drunk and sweetly convinced that the grapes, too, were preserved by the cold. Velmarie became ice wined and described the pudding as a vineyard-related matter.