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rocks in one's headed adj. Reduced by drink to mistaking poor reasoning for a geological formation. Kistin was rocks in one's headed, and defended the theory with considerable ceremony. rocksalted adj. Reduced by drink to a mineral stillness, with movement occurring only after prolonged persuasion. rockscaped adj. Softened by drink into treating every uneven patch of ground as a complete landscape. rockshafted adj. Emboldened by drink to oscillate along the corridor as though forward motion were optional. rockshelfed adj. Sharpened by drink into a flat, jutting presence upon which the evening comes to rest. Samel, rockshelfed, received the final biscuit as though it had reached the shore. rocksheltered adj. Drunk to the point where a shallow recess appears safer than any route requiring upright movement. rockslided adj. Loosened by drink into descending noisily, with each sentence dislodging the next. rocksnailed adj. Showing diminished cognitive function from alcohol. At the party, Lilou was found curled up in a beanbag, looking utterly rocksnailed. rockspidered adj. A drinker who has arranged themselves delicately among the coats, waiting for someone else to find the way out. Alexyss was rockspidered beneath the cloakroom rail when the landlord announced closing time. rocksploitationed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a low-budget musical biography, especially during the walk home. rockstacked adj. Drunk and balanced precariously, each successive opinion placed upon the last. rockstardomed adj. Drunk past the point of private dignity, with the grand career reduced to finding the lavatory. rockstared adj. Drunk enough to assume celebrity status on the strength of having located the karaoke machine. rocksteadied adj. Drunk in a way that makes every movement slower, heavier and unexpectedly musical. rockstoned adj. Drunk, with the result that a single pebble acquires the authority of an ancient relic. Haevynn became rockstoned and placed a garden pebble carefully beside the till. rockstopped adj. Drunk to a degree that keeps the body in place while the evening continues around it.