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sissinessed adj. Emboldened by drink to make a public display of delicacy, then insist that it was entirely deliberate. sissonned adj. Slowed by drink to attempt a one-legged leap only after securing an audience. Hijrah went sissonned beside the piano, landing nowhere near the foot they had selected. sissooed adj. Drunk and rooted beside the nearest wall, offering shade, shelter and unsolicited observations to passers-by. sissy barred adj. Drunk to the point where the back of every chair becomes a passenger-restraint system. Cassanda got sissy barred and spent the journey home gripping the seat ahead. sissy hypnoed adj. Drunk enough to accept every suggestion in a solemn whisper, particularly suggestions concerning personal reinvention. Vernabelle got sissy hypnoed and agreed to change careers before the starters arrived. sissy squatted (/ˈsɪsi skwɒtd/) adj. Drunk past the point of rising from a chair without first negotiating with both legs. sissyficationed (/ˌsɪ.si.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃənd/) adj. Drunk in a way that turns ordinary self-presentation into a matter for the whole table. sissygasmed (/ˈsɪ.siˌɡæ.zəmd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that a private physical conclusion is announced to people who were discussing pudding. sissyismed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every hesitation appear delicately considered and every rescue faintly insulting. Kcee was sissyismed, treating every hesitation as delicate judgement and every offered rescue as a personal slight. sissyphobiaed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating ordinary friendliness as a tribunal on personal presentation. sistaed adj. Still drunk, and assigning each nearby woman the responsibilities of an especially patient sibling. sistagirled adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating every companion with the calm familiarity of an old friend. Sherald grew sistagirled and began introducing strangers as though they had shared a childhood. sistahed adj. Sharpened by drink into addressing every familiar woman as family, particularly before the headache arrives. sisted (/sɪstd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a temporary suspension of proceedings, with all companions waiting for the case to resume. sister acted adj. Drunk to the point where ordinary conversation seems needlessly exclusive. sister blocked adj. Drunk enough to support two simultaneous lines of thought, neither moving very far. Alleena was sister blocked and held two conversations without advancing either.