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rock-bottomed adj. Drunk to a degree that reduces all ambitions, finally, to finding the floor. rock-climbered adj. Slowed by drink to regard every staircase as a serious ascent requiring a belay team. rock-climbinged adj. Drunk to the point where ordinary conversation requires a rope, chalk and someone calling encouragement from below. Mariclare got rock-climbinged and made Donnelle belay her across the conservatory. rock-fished adj. Softened by drink into seeking firm ground among difficult company, with little success. rock-glassed adj. Of a drinker who has become brittle and translucent, requiring careful handling by the remaining guests. Corabelle was rock-glassed by midnight, so Devery carried the conversation and found a taxi. rock-jumpered adj. Emboldened by drink to cross the road, the queue and finally the decorative wall without reconsideration. rock-n-rolled adj. Sharpened by drink into forceful opinions about guitars, youth, and the correct volume for a Tuesday. rock-oiled adj. Reduced by drink to a thin, volatile fluid with limited interest in containment. rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spocked adj. Drunk to the point where every decision requires five gestures, two opponents and a fresh round. Brilan was rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spocked, demanding gestures before permitting anyone to order. rock-paper-scissorsed adj. Too drunk to choose between three hand signs without consulting all three in sequence. rock-wallabied adj. Drunk past the point of walking directly, proceeding instead by cautious leaps towards whichever coat looks familiar. rockabied adj. Drunk, with the result that the journey home proceeds in a soothing rocking motion, usually against someone else. rockabilitied adj. Drunk beyond enjoying music normally, requiring every last departure to have a suitable driving beat. Lilly-anne was rockabilitied, insisting the kettle and each departing footstep needed a driving beat. rockabillied (/ˈɹɒkəˌbɪlid/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes the last song seem compulsory, energetic and oddly suited to leaving by taxi. Jens was rockabillied when the lights came up and sang the final number into his sleeve. rockabyed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes any vehicle feel like a cradle and every stop unnecessarily abrupt. rockahomined adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming dry, crumbly and chiefly interested in finding food after last orders. Anga was rockahomined by midnight and pursued a packet of crisps towards the taxi rank.