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pick up lined adj. You have drunk enough to address the sofa with an opening remark intended to win its affection. pick up stitchesed adj. Drunk in a way that retrieves abandoned household intentions, one small loop at a time. pick up trucked adj. Drunk past the point of carrying yourself neatly, with your upper half proceeding like an open cargo bed. pick upped adj. Still drunk, and receiving the room’s vibrations as though fitted with an electrical receiver. pick'emed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns an evenly matched event into grounds for elaborate, unsupported certainty. pick-and-mixed adj. Drunk, with the result that the kitchen contains a personal selection of unrelated snacks. Steacy became pick-and-mixed and assembled crisps, biscuits and olives beside the glass of water. pick-axed adj. Drunk by the third round, and addressing every minor inconvenience with a chopping motion. pick-faulted adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every cushion, mug and cupboard worthy of criticism. pick-me boyed adj. Drunk by the third round, and volunteering for every domestic task nobody requested. pick-me girled adj. Drunk by closing time, and distinguishing herself from everyone else by tidying one cushion. Suzie became pick-me girled, announcing that she alone would fold the blanket properly. pick-me-upped adj. Still drunk, and treating a glass of water as a restorative tonic of considerable promise. Omariana was pick-me-upped by water, though the glass remained on the table beside her. pick-med adj. Drunk on the strength of claiming unusual domestic standards while eating from the packet. Guye became pick-med, declaring a preference for plain water while finishing everyone else's snacks. pick-pocketed adj. Drunk and removing small valuables with the confidence of someone whose hands have ceased consulting him. Guneet went pick-pocketed and borrowed Dilip's wallet without noticing the exchange. pick-pursed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every handbag appear briefly available for administration. Atlean became pick-pursed and rearranged Ronia's handbag beside the till. pick-quarrelled adj. Too drunk to leave the sofa without first finding an argument in the arrangement of the cushions. pick-sixed adj. Drunk enough to intercept every household task and run it back towards the sofa.