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stackenclouded adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a soft, expanding obstruction above the staircase. stacker craned (/ˈstækə kɹeɪnd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving overhead with the slow precision of machinery whose load has shifted. stackered (/ˈstækɚd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated attempts to pile objects, people and oneself into one stable arrangement. Antoinesha was stackered by midnight, balancing glasses along the banister with grave concentration. stacketed (/ˈstækɪtd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and hemmed in by the staircase, furniture and one's own feet. stackframed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves each unfinished thought waiting behind another. Sylver was stackframed and retained three separate explanations for leaving early. stackfreeded adj. Drunk by closing time, and relying on a spring-like rhythm to keep the legs approximately punctual. stackfulled adj. Still drunk, and filled to the point where one more step would form a complete pile. stackgarthed adj. Too drunk to leave the enclosed yard of the evening without assistance. Alfonson was stackgarthed by closing time, circling the garden gate instead of finding it. stackied adj. Sufficiently drunk to transport oneself across the room as though one's feet were cargo on a barge. Allecia went stackied along the landing, drifting from one wall to the other. stackinged adj. Having drunk enough to turn the act of standing into a repeated exercise in vertical arrangement. stacklessnessed adj. Having drunk more than the nervous system can manage without resorting to walls, rails and furniture. Brown was stacklessnessed on the landing, upright only through extensive use of the banister. stackroomed adj. You have drunk enough to require shelving in a quiet room before attempting the stairs. stacks of waxed adj. You are drunk and treating every record in the room as a possible aid to balance. Veronnica was stacks of waxed, propping herself against the turntable while discussing the sleeves. stacks on the milled adj. Of a drinker: unable to negotiate the stairs without becoming the centre of a collective heap. Riesa went stacks on the milled on the stairs and became the evening's domestic obstacle. stacks onned adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a round from a children's dogpile, and liable to join both. stackstanded adj. Drunk beyond using the coat stand as anything more temporary than structural support. Kathren arrived stackstanded and leaned against the rack throughout last orders.