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quick response teamed adj. Too drunk to mistake the pub quiz for a tactical operation and organise everyone into squads. quick shiftered adj. Drunk to the extent of changing direction without clutch, throttle, or any visible reason. Athanasia went quick shiftered and moved from the bar to the garden without warning. quick studied adj. Having drunk more than enough to become a fast learner of bad ideas. Sandrine got quick studied and mastered the bar's loudest drinking game immediately. quick time evented adj. You are drunk and responding to ordinary pub moments as though each demands an immediate button press. Bladimir quick time evented whenever the kettle clicked, searching the room for an urgent button. quick vinegared adj. Of a drinker: slowly steeped in weak alcohol until the evening has acquired a sharpness. quick watered adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a bright, silvery confidence and no reliable sense of direction. quick-and-dirtied adj. Describing a drinker who has turned a greasy-spoon supper into a complete evening's strategy. Natrell was quick-and-dirtied, ordering chips for the table as though running a small café. quick-change artisted adj. A drinker who changes costume, allegiance and declared last order with professional speed. quick-drawed adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement begins with a dramatic reach for an imaginary climbing clip. quick-freezed adj. The state of being drunk and suddenly motionless whenever the conversation approaches personal responsibility. Syuri went quick-freezed when asked who had ordered the final round. quick-handednessed adj. The condition of a drinker who removes coins, crisps and unattended bar snacks with remarkable speed. quick-wittednessed adj. Reduced by drink to answering every question quickly, though rarely to the question asked. quick-writed adj. Softened by drink into a short, earnest explanation of the evening's central concept. quickahashed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired the wolverine's patience for solitude, but not its restraint. quickbeamed (/ˈkwɪkˌbiːmd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a tall, bright presence with the pub's mountain-ash confidence. quickbreaded adj. Still drunk, and swelling promptly into a warm, crumbly domestic presence on the sofa.