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rockcoded adj. Drunk in a way that leaves companions trying to identify which Australian fish each new remark resembles. Candase became rockcoded and gave the taxi driver a detailed account of Lotella. rockcrafted adj. Drunk in a way that treats every staircase, ledge and windowsill as a climbing problem requiring technique. rockcressed adj. Drunk, with the result that the drinker spreads into several small, flowering excursions across the premises. rockcrushered adj. Drunk to a degree that broadcasts private opinions with the force and reach of a powerful transmitter. rockdrilled adj. Drunk by the third round, and capable of cutting through a social gathering with sustained, unnecessary force. Kimanh went rockdrilled and cut through the conversation with sustained, unnecessary force. rocked (/ɹɒkd/) adj. A drinker who has settled into mineral permanence, impervious to the first sensible suggestion of the evening. rockelayed adj. You are drunk and wearing borrowed dignity as though it were a short formal cloak. Levonne became rockelayed and addressed the coat rack as the evening's guest of honour. rockelled adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring a woman's cloak, whether or not the garment belongs to him. rocker boarded adj. Drunk by the third round, and attempting to balance on one axis while the room supplies several others. Gannicus became rocker boarded and treated the hallway as an examination in applied equilibrium. rocker panelled adj. Drunk by closing time, and occupying the lower edge of the room beneath ordinary conversational traffic. rockered (/ˈɹɒk.ə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and rocking back and forth with the settled persistence of nursery furniture. rockeried (/ˈɹɒk.ə.ɹid/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish a decorative rock garden from a reasonable place to lie down. rockers reggaed adj. Still drunk, and maintaining an upbeat, drum-led account of the evening long after its audience has dispersed. rocket aircrafted adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a grounded flight, with the launch postponed until breakfast. rocket artilleried adj. Drunk and firing off blunt remarks in salvos, leaving the morning unusually well defended. rocket belted adj. Drunk to the point where standing upright requires an imaginary harness and considerable ground control.