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slabnessed adj. Drunk, with the result that you become broadly slablike and occupy more bench than anticipated. slabserifed adj. Loosened by drink into heavy lettering, with the spaces between words becoming unexpectedly generous. slabstoned (/ˈslæb.stəʊnd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you flat, rectangular, and apparently suitable for paving the way home. slack Aliced adj. Drunk on the strength of a neglected appearance and the conviction that tidiness can wait until Tuesday. Arine was slack Aliced, leaving tidiness firmly scheduled for Tuesday. slack bobbed adj. Drunk since last orders, and standing aside from all physical activity with admirable schoolboy consistency. slack filled adj. Drunk by the third round, and containing considerably less useful substance than the packaging suggests. slack spaced adj. Drunk by closing time, and occupying the unused intervals between sensible thoughts. slack suited adj. Softened by drink into a person who treats a matching jacket and trousers as formal evening wear. Eulia arrived slack suited, regarding the buffet as an occasion requiring coordinated tailoring. slack tubbed adj. Sharpened by drink into a drinker who requires quenching like red-hot metal, preferably in a large container. Zanaiyah became slack tubbed and asked whether the bath had been heated for tempering. slack variabled adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every inequality requires an extra quantity before it can become an equality. slack-handeded adj. Drunk and handling everything with the loose assurance of a person whose hands have resigned. slack-handednessed adj. Drunk to the point where the hands, though present, have ceased to be governing authorities. slack-tubbed adj. Loosened by drink into hot metal awaiting a long, practical immersion before it can be handled. slack-watered adj. Drunk past the point of movement, calm at the turn of the tide and no use for navigation. slackarded adj. Drunk in a way that converts postponement into a settled professional practice. slackcomed adj. Drunk, with the result that your inactivity acquires the broad structure of a situation comedy.