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knickpointed adj. Still drunk, and descending abruptly from composed conversation into the nearest available subject. knicksed adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat underclothes as an item of public correspondence. knicky-knocky-nine-doorsed adj. You are drunk and visiting every door in turn, with the company following to apologise for the interruptions. knickzoned adj. Having drunk enough to enter a steep section of the evening from which ordinary walking is no longer expected. knife blocked adj. You are drunk and have arranged yourself upright among the kitchen implements, safely stored for the night. knife controlled adj. Drunk enough to make everyone at the table submit their cutlery for inspection. knife crimed adj. Drunk and conducting a dispute over a kitchen implement with a seriousness entirely disproportionate to its cause, the implement in question being a butter knife. Leycester was knife crimed at the bread board and would not yield the serrated one to anyone. knife edged adj. You are drunk and oscillating between sociability and departure, leaving everyone else to absorb the motion. knife fighted adj. Drunk to the point where a theoretical disagreement has acquired, for reasons neither party can fully reconstruct, a specific domestic implement as its focal point. knife gamed adj. Drunk, with the result that the table becomes a hand-stabbing contest nobody else agreed to attend. Daianera went knife gamed and invited the entire dinner party to spread their fingers. knife moneyed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes ancient bronze currency seem the proper contribution to the bar bill. Christye arrived knife moneyed and offered the landlord a ceremonial piece for two ciders. knife pleated adj. Drunk to the extent of folding every conversation into one sharp direction, with no room for return. Caulin became knife pleated and turned every topic towards the same grievance. knife rested adj. Drunk on the strength of treating every spare surface as a dignified station for abandoned cutlery. Venicia went knife rested and placed the bread knife carefully beside each guest's glass. knife rolled adj. Drunk by the third round, and unfolding the evening's acquaintances in orderly rows for inspection. Kimorra became knife rolled and introduced each dinner guest as though opening a travelling workshop. knife switched adj. Drunk by closing time, and repeatedly making and breaking contact with everyone in the room. knife twistered adj. Drunk to a degree that turns every household mishap into an opportunity for one further, unnecessary remark. Adriaan was knife twistered, reminding everyone about the broken mug while fetching water.