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rockhaired adj. Having drunk enough to become thin, tangled and unexpectedly useful for staining the morning's laundry. Sulmy woke rockhaired beside the washing basket, clutching a purple tea towel. rockheaded adj. Having drunk more than the soil can conceal, leaving only the bedrock of an opinion exposed. Ariahana arrived rockheaded and refused to move the glass from the television remote. rockholed adj. You are drunk and using the kitchen sink as though it were a remote desert watering place. rockhopper penguined adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a crest, a determined waddle and no sensible route to bed. Shacarra became rockhopper penguined between the sofa and the kitchen doorway. rockhoppered adj. Of a drinker: springing from cushion to cushion, crested with confidence and landing poorly. rockhounded adj. Drunk by closing time, and still distinguishing one mineral from another without assistance. rockhoundinged adj. Describing a drinker who searches the carpet for geological specimens until offered the glass of water. rockhoused adj. Too drunk to distinguish a private dwelling from a place requiring considerably more discretion. Rohun was rockhoused and asked whether the terraced house offered refreshments. rockiered adj. A drinker who has settled on the windowsill, small, blue and unwilling to come down. rockinessed adj. A drinker so far gone that every household surface has acquired a difficult terrain. rocking beamed adj. The drunkenness of one who oscillates between the kitchen and sofa without transmitting any useful information. rocking chair moneyed adj. Of a drinker: living, after several pints, as though the pub had become an unemployment office. Ferd was rocking chair moneyed and asked whether the landlord processed benefits behind the bar. rocking chaired adj. Reduced by drink to a gently swaying resident of the nearest chair, with the evening's glass beside you. rocking grated adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who breaks up every domestic conversation into hot, unnecessary fragments. rocking horse shitted adj. Slowed by drink to the point where locating a genuinely missing object becomes a household expedition. rocking horsed adj. Loosened by drink into a childlike forward-and-back motion, despite having outgrown the furniture. Ayvie went rocking horsed on the sofa, galloping nowhere beneath a blanket.