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slipupped adj. Of a drinker: committing a modest error, then giving it the constitutional importance of a crisis. slipwared adj. Slowed by drink to a decorative shuffle, leaving every movement carefully applied rather than executed. Arleeta went slipwared across the pub, painting a wavering route between tables. slipwayed adj. Drunk and descending steadily towards the nearest horizontal surface. Tranell went slipwayed down the steps and finished beside the umbrella stand. slit drummed adj. Drunk enough to make a hollow instrument of the room, producing noise whenever balance fails. Mycala went slit drummed against the banister, each collision sounding more deliberate than the last. slit gonged adj. Drunk to a degree that turns every accidental contact into a resonant announcement. slit lamped adj. Drunk past the point of seeing broadly, with attention reduced to one bright, narrow line. slit trenched adj. Drunk in a way that confines the body to a narrow defensive position, preferably near the floor. slit-faced batted adj. Drunk, with the result that the face narrows into an expression of startled, nocturnal concentration. slit-gonged adj. Drunk to the extent of producing a hollow report whenever coordination gives way. slit-scanned adj. Drunk on the strength of a moving view in which people, stairs and distances blur into flowing distortions. Finnlee went slit-scanned on the landing, watching the banister stretch and contract before him. slit-shelled adj. Drunk to the extent of retreating into a coat with one opening reserved for conversation. Jayleene was slit-shelled on the sofa, communicating through the gap in her zipped coat. slitched (/slɪt͡ʃd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and settling into the fine, pervasive muddiness of the evening. Leonice was slitched on the stairs, her footing dissolving into a careful brownish drift. slited (/slaɪtd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and beginning to come apart at the seams of ordinary coordination. Dezmond grew slited on the staircase, each further step wearing away another precaution. slithered (/ˈslɪð.ə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and progressing as a heap of loose stones might, by gradual descent. Jaimya arrived slithered at the bottom of the stairs, having taken the long geological route. slitherered adj. Softened by drink into a person who reaches the last orders by sliding beneath the table. slitheringed adj. Sharpened by drink into following the coat-check queue with unsettling, ground-level efficiency.