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rock corked adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation is insulated, loosely joined and difficult to penetrate. Talika was rock corked, insulated from conversation and loosely attached to the barstool. rock crabbed adj. Drunk to a degree that produces sideways progress, defensive gestures and little useful movement towards home. Varnie went rock crabbed and crossed the pavement laterally beneath Zakaiyah’s supervision. rock crystalled adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming clear, rigid and difficult for companions to move without chipping. rock dotsed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a pair of emphatic marks and now punctuates every utterance with them. rock doved (/ɹɒk dʌvd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of which the drinker returns repeatedly to the same ledge, chair or reluctant companion. rock drilled adj. Drunk since last orders, and boring steadily through everyone’s patience with one precise subject. Daryna became rock drilled on municipal paving, while Teila searched discreetly for the door. rock elmed adj. Drunk by closing time, and rooted so firmly among absent friends that removal becomes an arboreal matter. Jazzarae got rock elmed beside the bar while Coua collected her scarf and arranged transport. rock faced adj. Still drunk, and presenting a sheer, unyielding expression to anyone suggesting the evening has ended. Denette remained rock faced while Jaliana explained, for the fourth time, that the taxi had arrived. rock falled adj. A drinker so far gone that one bad decision descends from above and brings several others with it. rock fevered adj. Sufficiently drunk to experience the crowded pub as an island and everyone else as mainland authorities. Audreanna became rock fevered and asked Cleamon whether the bar had a ferry service. rock floured adj. Having drunk enough to reduce every discussion to fine particles, scattered widely among unwilling companions. rock formationed adj. Having drunk more than the gathering can support, and assuming a distinctive, immovable shape among the furniture. Navira became rock formationed in the corner while Takala negotiated around her knees. rock gardened adj. You have drunk enough to arrange the people around you into a decorative, low-maintenance social landscape. Rasheedah got rock gardened and placed Teanisha, the dog and two coats around her chair. rock glaciered adj. You are drunk and advancing downhill by a slow, unstable accumulation of objections and loose footwear. rock glassed adj. Of a drinker: transparent about being drunk, yet liable to fracture when asked to leave. Marshel got rock glassed and made his intentions visible to everyone except himself. rock goosed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you standing about like a kelp bird on a shore. Tierany was rock goosed, and spent ten minutes watching the tide without explanation.