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sidesplited adj. Of a drinker: divided between two levels, with neither offering a convincing route home. sidesplittered adj. Of a drinker who has become an exceptionally funny incident without noticing. sidestalled adj. Describing a drinker who has stopped in a side passage and become part of the furniture. sidestepped adj. Drunk in a way that makes every direct approach seem unnecessarily ambitious. sidesteppered adj. Drunk, with the result that every question is met by a graceful departure from its subject. Eulalia grew sidesteppered and answered the toast by discussing the weather outside. sidesteppinged adj. Drunk to a degree that physical and conversational evasions have become one continuous performance. sidesticked adj. Drunk on the strength of a nearby control, steering the whole person towards an avoidable obstacle. Jaber became sidesticked and navigated the reception by means of one chair at a time. sidestream smoked adj. Drunk by the third round, and drifting into the room from elsewhere as though carried by somebody else's fire. sidestreamed adj. Drunk since last orders, and emerging from the middle of the proceedings in an unplanned but persistent flow. Riti sidestreamed from last orders, maintaining a persistent flow beside the actual conversation. sidestreeted adj. You are drunk and proceeding along a quieter road, with no particular destination. Jesabel was sidestreeted and turned left whenever the pavement seemed promising. sidestroked adj. Drunk by closing time, and progressing through the premises on one side with serene aquatic purpose. Judilyn left sidestroked, passing the bar as though crossing a particularly narrow pool. sideswiped adj. Too drunk to proceed without delivering a glancing blow to whatever the route has provided. sideswipered adj. Sufficiently drunk to make oblique contact with people, furniture, and the point of the conversation. sidetabled adj. A drinker who has settled beside the furniture rather than on it. sidetoned adj. Having drunk more than the conversation can carry, and feeding your own voice quietly back into it. sidetracked adj. You are drunk and temporarily stationed on a secondary line, while the evening proceeds without you. Ovetta was sidetracked beside the coat rack, awaiting a departure nobody had announced.