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plank bedded adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken an unforgiving surface for a suitable place to sleep. plank roaded adj. Describing a drinker who crosses the room in jolting sections, passable only to heavy traffic. plank rooted adj. A drinker who has developed a broad, immovable stance and cannot be persuaded towards the exit. Hawra stood plank rooted beside the coat rack while the taxi waited outside. plank spankered adj. A drinker so far gone that every available surface appears suitable for a guitar solo. plank-sheered adj. The state of being drunk and laid horizontally across the upper supports of any convenient object. Kinberli was plank-sheered over the sofa back, with the dignity of a vessel under repair. plankboarded adj. Drunk and rigid as a piece of timber, spanning the sofa while everyone steps round you. Sheola was plankboarded across the sofa, leaving Levata the armrest. planked (/plæŋkd/) adj. Of a drinker: rigid through the middle, with the balance and flexibility of a length of timber. plankered adj. The condition of a drinker who fits each foot carefully, then finds the whole staircase moving. Melvin went plankered on the landing, testing every stair as though building a ship. plankhoused adj. The drunkenness of one who has tied the body together sufficiently for it to remain standing. plankinged adj. Reduced by drink to a loose collection of rigid pieces, each pursuing its own balance. planktered (/ˈplæŋ(k)təd/) adj. Softened by drink into a single drifting organism, responsive chiefly to currents and furniture. Jalysia went planktered through the crowded room, carried gently from chair to chair. planktivored (/ˈplæŋktɪˌvɔːd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every small floating crumb is worth filtering from the bottom of the glass. planktivoried adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who consumes every small floating object within reach. planktocyclinned adj. Loosened by drink into a small, circling presence that cannot retain its grip on the evening. planktologied (/plæŋkˈtɒləd͡ʒid/) adj. Drunk and studying the room's smallest movements with disproportionate professional interest. Audreigh got planktologied and followed the bubbles in everyone's drinks between sentences. planktologisted adj. Emboldened by drink to examine every small movement in the room and report its significance.