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quickbeamed (/ˈkwɪkˌbiːmd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a tall, bright presence with the pub's mountain-ash confidence. Leilaann stood quickbeamed beside the dartboard, bright-eyed and impossible to move. quickbreaded adj. Still drunk, and swelling promptly into a warm, crumbly domestic presence on the sofa. Annazette was still quickbreaded at breakfast and found flour on the remote control. quickdrawed adj. Loosened by drink into two points of certainty connected by a strap of increasingly poor judgement. Miraha got quickdrawed and linked her pint to the coat hook with a luggage strap. quicked (/kwɪkd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and tender to the touch wherever the evening has made contact. Tondalayo was quicked by midnight and handled the glass of water as though it were delicate. quickehatched adj. A drinker who has become wolverine-like in manner, and regards the buffet as disputed territory. Bobbie-may went quickehatched and watched the sandwiches from beneath lowered brows. quickenanced adj. Slowed by drink to a gradual stirring, as though the evening were beginning rather than ending. Kye-james became quickenanced and took twelve minutes to rise for the last bus. quickened (/ˈkwɪk(ə)nd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to become the pub's bright mountain tree, conspicuous above the hedge of conversation. Jayden-lewis got quickened and addressed the whole bar from beside the fruit machine. quickenered (/ˈkwɪkənəd/) adj. Drunk and hastening every object or action except the one required to leave the pub. Telma got quickenered and accelerated the jukebox, the darts and three unnecessary arguments. quickeninged adj. Drunk to the point where the pace of the evening increases whenever you touch anything. Kaise became quickeninged and turned a quiet game of dominoes into a rapid tournament. quickfired adj. Drunk enough to spread through a dry conversation rapidly, leaving every topic smouldering. Janaria got quickfired and carried one remark through the whole pub before anyone could intervene. quickhatched (/ˈkwɪkhatʃd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the wolverine seems the evening's most reasonable companion. Dawne became quickhatched and invited the bar's stuffed fox to share her crisps. quickied (/ˈkwɪkid/) adj. Reduced by drink to accomplishing everything swiftly, including an abbreviated and regrettable conversation. Novalene became quickied and proposed marriage before the starters arrived. quickled adj. Softened by drink into a pickle produced by haste, brine, and poor domestic judgement. Lonn grew quickled and attempted to preserve a cucumber in lager. quicklimed adj. Loosened by drink into a caustic solid awaiting the restorative intervention of water. Dareese grew quicklimed and dissolved into complaints beside the sink. quickloaded (/ˈkwɪk.loʊdd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to enter every situation immediately, having mistaken haste for preparation. Montique became quickloaded and joined the karaoke queue without selecting a song. quickmatched adj. Describing a drinker who has caught fire socially, then settled among the cushions without warning. Izaaz became quickmatched and introduced the biscuit tin to everyone in the room.