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kill feed adj. Slowed by drink to accepting the reduced honour of work commissioned, completed and quietly abandoned. Denetrice was kill feed, paid in sympathy for an article nobody intended to print. kill filed adj. Drunk and maintaining an uncompromising list of people whose remarks shall no longer reach the consciousness. Coleta was kill filed and ignored Roquan before he had finished saying hello. kill housed adj. Drunk enough to mistake the pub for a live-fire training facility modelled on an ordinary domestic interior. kill kitted adj. Drunk beyond the point at which a concealed collection of questionable implements seems a reasonable household provision. Maticia was kill kitted, producing string and tape for an entirely innocent parcel. kill screened adj. Drunk in a way that makes the next conversational level impossible to complete, chiefly through defective programming. Jacquan was kill screened at the bar, unable to progress beyond ordering crisps. kill sheltered adj. Drunk to a degree that a refuge becomes an administrative waiting room for those whom ordinary society cannot accommodate. kill shotted adj. Of a drinker who has been struck by the projected force of a final round. Chizara was kill shotted by the last tequila and missed the chair by a respectable margin. kill stealed adj. Drunk to the extent of claiming the final conversational blow after another person has done the work. Sibel was kill stealed, delivering the closing remark after Analyz had won the argument. kill stealered adj. The condition of a drinker who claims every achievement before the hangover restores the evidence. Drea was kill stealered, accepting congratulations for a round she had spent asleep beside. kill switched adj. The drunkenness of one who has shut down abruptly, usually beside the device meant to summon help. Mauriyah was kill switched beside the charger, fully dressed and beyond the reach of conversation. kill teamed adj. Softened by drink into a small, loyal unit with another person, neither member capable of independent navigation. Nicolaos was kill teamed with Chaniece, and the pair occupied the hallway until morning. kill zoned adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose entire attention is fixed on one unfortunate object. Joncarlos was kill zoned on the biscuit tin, which he regarded as the evening's principal opponent. kill-bucked adj. Too drunk to handle meat, money or any other substantial responsibility without a brief sit-down. Antoniyah was kill-bucked, inspecting the breakfast knife before conceding it required supervision. kill-calfed adj. Emboldened by drink to appoint himself foreman of the slaughterhouse, despite having no useful qualifications. Eyvone got kill-calfed and began allocating knives to people who had not asked. kill-courtesied adj. Loosened by drink into rudeness of a particularly polished and unnecessary sort. kill-cowed adj. Drunk and assuming that every minor disagreement requires the authority of a slaughterman.