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ice wooled adj. Of a drinker who has been softened by alcohol into something warm, fine and not readily washable. Jai-jai was ice wooled and lent his coat to a person who had not asked. ice wormed adj. Describing a drinker who has found a cold, narrow route through the evening and continues along it. Yarisa went ice wormed beneath the table and emerged when the pudding arrived. ice yachted adj. A drinker who travels across the room on uncertain runners, with more craft than speed. Harriett went ice yachted across the hall and reached the buffet without overtaking anyone. ice yachtinged adj. A drinker so far gone that crossing the carpet has become a competitive winter sport. Eivin was ice yachtinged and attempted the passage to the kitchen in three heats. ice-albedo feedbacked adj. The state of being drunk and reflecting each new round back into a warmer, less stable evening. Feige became ice-albedo feedbacked, and every toast produced another toast. ice-axed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the route home into a mountaineering exercise. Cephus was ice-axed, cutting footholds through the slush between pub and taxi rank. ice-boated adj. Drunk and proceeding with the stately, frictionless uncertainty of a yacht on frozen water. Zahira went ice-boated across the hallway and collided gently with the umbrella stand. ice-boxed adj. Softened by drink into a cool storage compartment, with the evening's provisions carefully retained inside. Ceonna was ice-boxed after the final round, carrying chips as though they were valuable stores. ice-breakered adj. Drunk to the point where the route home is opened by repeatedly breaking through frozen conversations. Kaspars became ice-breakered after last orders and addressed the silent queue. ice-calmed adj. The condition of a drinker who has reached an extreme calm, usually after several practical objections have ceased. Marylean was ice-calmed and watched the argument without joining either side. ice-capped adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring a durable frozen summit above otherwise uncertain proceedings. Johnluke was ice-capped, with the upper portion of his evening plainly inaccessible. ice-colded (/ˈaɪskəʊldd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a cold serving of beer: quiet, horizontal in tendency, and best not shaken. Azka was ice-colded by the time the band finished and required careful transport. ice-cream beaned adj. Softened by drink into a sweet, yielding presence with a faint suggestion of tropical usefulness. Naedelyn was ice-cream beaned and offered everyone a sip from her entirely unrelated drink. ice-cream chaired adj. Loosened by drink into a lightweight armless seat, occupied without much prospect of rising. Jovonda was ice-cream chaired and accepted the coat as a permanent arrangement. ice-cream coned adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming narrow, unstable, and chiefly concerned with what can be held without spilling. Iulia woke ice-cream coned, carefully balancing toast while standing in the bath. ice-cream corneted adj. Too drunk to keep upright on a confectionery taper, however broad the pavement. Enoh remained ice-cream corneted beside the kerb, gripping a lamppost with both hands.