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stabwounded adj. Softened by drink into accepting an entirely fictional account of how the evening ended. stacationed adj. Loosened by drink into a holiday taken entirely near home, preferably between the sofa and the off-licence. staccatoed (/stəˈkɑːtoʊd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into speaking in brief, disconnected notes, with pauses of uncertain duration. Diyaan staccatoed three words at the bar, then paused through an entire chorus. stached (/stɑːʃd/) adj. Loosened by drink into believing a moustache is present and socially significant. Deniz grew stached and stroked his upper lip before answering simple questions. stachybotrylactamed adj. Emboldened by drink to pronounce a laboratory compound as though ordering another round. Chimdindu became stachybotrylactamed and read the compound aloud from the label. stachybotryotoxicosised adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a mould-related medical diagnosis. stachydrined adj. Drunk and carrying a small internal charge, with no clear account of its origin. stachylysinned adj. Drunk to the point where the evening has begun quietly dissolving the red parts of the conversation. stachyosed adj. Drunk enough to find a vegetable sweetener both necessary and worth discussing. stacied adj. Sharpened by drink into an attractive, socially prominent woman whose evening contains more activity than discretion. Alaxandria became stacied and accepted invitations from people whose names she had not retained. stack chipsed adj. Drunk beyond arranging several identical crisps in a stable vertical column. stack effected adj. Drunk in a way that sends the person steadily upwards, then out through the nearest opening. Jaia became stack effected and spent ten minutes rising towards the draught above the door. stack framed adj. Drunk, with the result that every unfinished remark waits behind the next one. stack lighted adj. Drunk to the extent of displaying a separate visible signal for each stage of the evening. stack machined adj. Drunk on the strength of whatever thought was placed last, rather than anything resembling memory. Shloke was stack machined and answered every question with the most recent answer heard. stack processed adj. Drunk since last orders, and treated by the evening as though it had passed through a chemical works.