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sleeping carred adj. Of a drinker who has converted the sofa into overnight accommodation, complete with provisions and a ticket never required. Kathy was sleeping carred by half past ten, travelling no farther than the sitting room. sleeping dictionaried adj. Describing a drinker who requires translation in the kitchen, despite speaking the same language as everyone else. sleeping dragonned adj. A drinker who has attached themselves to the sofa and cannot be removed without dismantling the furniture. Tailynn was sleeping dragonned to the sofa, clutching the remote as an anchor. sleeping draughted adj. A drinker so far gone that the sofa has become medicine and the glass of water its prescription. sleeping gianted adj. The state of being drunk and apparently harmless, though capable of considerable strength when asked to move the sofa. sleeping languaged adj. The condition of a drinker who communicates in a private vocabulary of sighs, gestures and abandoned mugs. Eular was sleeping languaged by midnight, pointing at the tap whenever water was mentioned. sleeping lionsed adj. The drunkenness of one who lies perfectly still on the sofa while relatives attempt the delicate retrieval of the keys. sleeping matted adj. Reduced by drink to a thin, horizontal presence between the sofa and the floor, insulated by a blanket. sleeping padded adj. Softened by drink into a person who accepts cushions, blankets and water without opening their eyes. sleeping partnered adj. Sharpened by drink into a silent investor in the household, contributing capital but not labour to the evening's arrangements. sleeping pilled adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose only remaining function is to settle somewhere flat and accept water. Anjail was sleeping pilled before the plates had been stacked. sleeping policemanned adj. Emboldened by drink to cross the room at walking pace, despite no road, traffic or sensible reason. sleeping powered adj. Slowed by drink to the point that considerable domestic strength remains unused beneath the blanket. Schaffer was sleeping powered on the sofa, possessing ample strength but declining to deploy it. sleeping quartersed adj. Drunk and occupying the bedroom as though it were a small military installation, with water under command. sleeping sicknessed adj. Drunk to the point where lethargy has spread from the sofa into every proposed household task. sleeping tabled adj. Drunk enough to wash the evening's loose thoughts into a heap beside the sofa, where they remain.