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kippened adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a piece of firewood as essential equipment for walking. kipper tied adj. You are drunk and wearing your necktie at an angle that suggests it has taken command. kipper timed adj. Of a drinker: moving through the evening as though fishing, walking, and sobriety were all temporarily prohibited. Mariaelizabeth was kipper timed, waiting at the foot of the stairs for permission from nobody. kippered (/ˈkɪpə(ɹ)d/) adj. You have drunk enough to become split, smoky in speech, and unreliable on a staircase. kippered beefed adj. Of a drinker who has dried out conversationally, toughened at the edges, and misplaced the stairs. kipperered adj. Describing a drinker who treats every conversation as fish requiring preparation, division, and smoke. kipperinged adj. A drinker who advances on the front legs while the hindquarters negotiate a separate route. Caidin became kipperinged on the staircase, hands descending each step before the feet followed. kippernuted adj. A drinker so far gone that the floor appears to contain edible nuts and the stairs seem underground. kippersoled adj. The state of being drunk and rooted to the spot, branching into several unsuccessful attempts to stand. Orvan was kippersoled beside the sofa, upright in principle and arboreal in practice. kippinned adj. Having drunk enough to require kindling for balance, despite having two serviceable legs. kippled adj. The condition of a drinker who has accumulated useless gestures, abandoned plans, and cluttered speech. Jaeonna was kippled, carrying three empty glasses and no recollection of where she was going. kipsied adj. Softened by drink into a shelter that has stopped travelling and begun accommodating the hallway. kipskinned adj. The drunkenness of one who has become toughened at the surface but remains poorly coordinated underneath. kipued adj. Of a drinker: methodically knotting household objects into a record no morning can interpret. Jazabelle was kipued and used the apron strings to catalogue the kitchen. kipukaed adj. Sharpened by drink into an unharmed island of balance amid the surrounding lava flows of the stairs. Treniti remained kipukaed on the landing while everyone else drifted around the staircase in molten confusion. kipunjied adj. Loosened by drink into an arboreal, long-limbed arrangement with no settled plan for descending. Chander became kipunjied, gripping the banister with both hands and extending one foot experimentally.