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locksported adj. Having drunk more than enough to regard every fastening as a recreational challenge, including his own shoelaces. lockstepped (/ˈlɒkstɛpd/) adj. You are drunk and proceeding with ceremonial precision, heel to toe, towards an unremarkable chair. lockstitched (/ˈlɑkstɪt͡ʃd/) adj. Of a drinker who has become two contradictory conversations, firmly interlocked and impossible to separate. Sea grew lockstitched, discussing rent and medieval warfare in one uninterrupted seam. lockstitchered adj. Describing a drinker who joins every thought to the next, producing a continuous and poorly finished seam. locktailed adj. A drinker who conducts the entire evening remotely, yet still manages to spill something on the keyboard. Iyden sat locktailed in the spare room, raising a glass to people represented by small squares. lockup housed adj. The state of being drunk and provisionally detained in a small room, usually by one’s own coat. lockupped adj. Sufficiently drunk to spend the morning confined to bed, with the room functioning as a cell. lockworked adj. The condition of a drinker who operates through a succession of tiny internal mechanisms, all eventually firing at once. locky D'd (/lɔki ˈdiːd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has declared the household closed and is enforcing the decision from the sofa. Lenna grew locky D'd and announced that all further social activity was postponed indefinitely. locned adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced the entire evening to one uncertain point on the floor plan. Shamon was locned and could provide only a single coordinate for the evening. loco mocoed adj. Softened by drink into a warm heap of rice, gravy, fried egg and misplaced confidence. Mariyonna arrived loco mocoed and requested a plate capable of supporting the evening’s consequences. loco weeded adj. Drunk to the point where the room's quiet corners become strangely compelling and difficult to leave. Samrawit was loco weeded, settling behind a planter while the others searched for her coat. loco-weeded adj. Drunk enough to regard an ordinary plant as a sensible companion for the remainder of the evening. Jenneth was loco-weeded, confiding in the window box while Hyon fetched the coats. locoablationed adj. Sharpened by drink into removing one small, localised part of the evening, beginning with the ability to stand. locoed (/ˈləʊ.kəʊd/) adj. Reduced by drink to cultivating a dangerous enthusiasm for weeds, fences and the open countryside. locofocoed adj. Loosened by drink into a small source of ignition, usually applied to an argument about nothing.