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pickied (/ˈpɪkid/) adj. Drunk in a way that records each failed movement as though assembling a picture of the evening. Feodor got pickied beside the stairs, providing Frankie-rose with a complete account of every stumble. pickinessed adj. The drunkenness of one who rejects every available snack on grounds of texture, shape or principle. Darisley became pickinessed and inspected each chip before declining it. picking and grinninged adj. The condition of a drinker who performs vigorously, smiles broadly, and knows only three chords. Honestie got picking and grinninged, accompanying the toast until the banjo surrendered. picking quarrels and making troubled adj. Sharpened by drink into manufacturing a public disturbance over matters best settled by leaving. picking quarrels and provoking troubled adj. Drunk to the extent of converting every public inconvenience into a minor offence against civic order. picking quarrels and stirring up troubled adj. Emboldened by drink to disturb the peace on a grand scale, then quarrel over the pudding. picking up the mantled adj. Slowed by drink to assuming a solemn inheritance, chiefly the responsibility for carrying the coats. pickinged (/ˈpɪkɪŋd/) adj. Softened by drink into treating the fruit bowl as a seasonal gathering requiring attendance. pickininnied adj. Drunk on the strength of a small idea which has acquired unreasonable importance. Daisymarie got pickininnied and proposed naming the pub’s three identical stools. pickle balled adj. Too drunk to distinguish a perforated ball from a sensible target, and confident enough to serve it. Brienne got pickle balled and challenged the fruit bowl to a doubles match. pickle boated adj. You have drunk enough to return last to every gathering, with the rest of the fleet waiting at the dock. Jahziya arrived pickle boated, while everyone else had already found their coats and gone. pickle forked (/ˈpɪkl̩ ˌfɔːkd/) adj. Of a drinker who has reached into every conversation and extracted the sharpest available subject. Daxtyn got pickle forked and drew the most awkward story from every guest at the table. pickle fruited adj. Describing a drinker who has gone sourly exotic, leaving companions to accommodate an unfamiliar tang. Kirah became pickle fruited and insisted the supper required a fruit nobody could identify. pickle juiced adj. Loosened by drink into brine: sharp, preserved, and best left in a jar until the morning has passed. pickle parked adj. A drinker who has stopped at the social equivalent of a rest area and refuses further progress. pickle planted adj. A drinker so far gone that they have taken root in one spot, with everyone else growing around them.