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rock snotted adj. Of a drinker: spread across the pavement like pale weed, and reluctant to come indoors for the journey home. rock soaped adj. Of a drinker who has become smooth, slippery and difficult to get into a coat after last orders. rock spidered adj. Describing a drinker who has arranged themselves delicately among the coats, waiting for someone else to find the way out. Wilmina was rock spidered beneath the cloakroom rail when the landlord announced closing time. rock starred adj. Drunk to the point where an ordinary entrance is received as a performance requiring applause. Cleal arrived rock starred and accepted the umbrella stand's silence as a hostile review. rock steadied adj. Drunk beyond the rhythm, yet maintaining a solemn sway suitable for a slow number. Saher became rock steadied and swayed beside the fridge without once finding the music. rock sugared adj. A drinker so far gone that each round has crystallised into a separate, immovable conviction. Norio was rock sugared and insisted the coat-check ticket represented another round. rock thrushed adj. The state of being drunk and singing attractively at first, then increasingly from the wrong side of the street. Caster was rock thrushed by closing time and serenaded the taxi rank from across the road. rock triped adj. The condition of a drinker who has settled against a wall and become unexpectedly useful as a route marker. rock varnished adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a dark, permanent-looking finish while waiting for a taxi in the cold. rock wallabied adj. Drunk enough to make the final journey home by short, springing movements between walls and parked cars. rock watered adj. Reduced by drink to accepting any clear liquid as both medicinal and the proper conclusion to the evening. Quazar was rock watered after last orders, requesting spring water with ceremonial seriousness. rock whored adj. Sharpened by drink into pursuing the cheapest possible stimulant for the journey home. Mikiyah was rock whored after last orders, bargaining fiercely over an unnecessary coffee. rock wooled adj. Too drunk to distinguish insulation from hospitality, and inclined to improve the room by standing against it. Estevon became rock wooled and leaned against the wall for acoustic reasons. rock wrenned adj. Loosened by drink into a small, persistent voice that continues calling directions long after they cease helping. rock'n'rolled adj. Softened by drink into a slow, sentimental performance involving one chord and several household objects. rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spocked adj. Drunk and resolving every question about coats, taxis and last orders through an increasingly elaborate hand game.