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staghorn coralled adj. A drinker who has extended into cylindrical conversational branches, each requiring a separate rescue. staghorn ferned adj. A drinker so far gone that they have attached themselves above the proceedings, while everyone else works around them. staghorned adj. Of a drinker who has acquired handles for every conversation, and expects others to carry him by them. Mailynn became staghorned and offered each guest a different conversational handle to take hold of. staghounded (/ˈstaɡhaʊndd/) adj. The state of being drunk and pursued by several well-meaning friends towards the nearest chair. stagiaired (/stɑːʒiˈɛə(ɹ)d/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has joined the professional drinkers briefly, intensely, and without a contract. staginessed adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned an ordinary gathering into a theatrical production for unwilling spectators. staging areaed adj. Softened by drink into a place where everyone gathers, waits, and quietly prepares to move you elsewhere. staging posted adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken each pub between here and home for a necessary intermediate stop. staginged adj. Reduced by drink to a series of entrances, exits, and repeated scenes for the same audience. Brander was staginged by midnight, re-enacting his arrival whenever someone opened the door. stagioned adj. Sharpened by drink into a short, intense performance, separately cast for each group encountered. Dunbar went stagioned at the reception, giving Louis-xavier a fresh performance every quarter-hour. stagismed adj. Loosened by drink into a gradual programme of social decline, with each round treated as a necessary phase. stagmaed adj. Emboldened by drink to offer distilled opinions in concentrated form, regardless of who has to receive them. stagnanced adj. Slowed by drink to the point where the company gathers around you and eventually stops expecting movement. stagnancied adj. Drunk and settled into complete social inactivity, leaving others to maintain the evening around you. stagnant hypoxiaed adj. Drunk to the point where the gathering cannot supply enough attention to keep your conversation alive. stagnant iced adj. Drunk enough to become immovable in the party's flow, while companions navigate around you like a fixed obstruction.