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sterncastled adj. Describing a drinker who has established an elevated rear command and is issuing orders from it. Jmarie grew sterncastled and supervised the party from the far end of the sofa. sterndrived adj. A drinker who propels himself with noisy confidence while the steering remains an afterthought. sternebered adj. A drinker so far gone that the body has become a sequence of independently managed sections. sternebraed adj. The state of being drunk and divided into several small, equally confident stages of decision-making. sternectomied adj. The condition of a drinker who has excised the central support from his judgement. sterned (/stɜːnd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and directing every conversation towards the part where it should have ended. sternfasted adj. The drunkenness of one who has secured himself to the wrong point and intends to remain there. Solea became sternfasted and tied her scarf to the pub's coat hook for stability. sternided adj. Reduced by drink to a small, sharp bird making repeated sorties across the room. sternited adj. Softened by drink into a lower plate of resolve, still attached but no longer carrying the structure above. Clariza became sternited and let the conversation settle heavily upon her. sternitied adj. Sharpened by drink into an uncompromising tone applied to decisions of negligible importance. Fester grew sternitied and demanded a formal ruling on whether the olives were decorative. sternmanned adj. Loosened by drink into a rear-seat commander, steering events without touching the controls. sternnessed adj. Emboldened by drink to issue final decisions on matters whose authority was never yours. Thalen grew sternnessed and closed the kitchen because the plates were not arranged democratically. sternochondroscapularised adj. Sufficiently drunk to arrange the sofa cushions according to an uncertain anatomy, then sleep across them. sternocleidomastoid muscled adj. Having drunk enough to bend, rotate and extend the head while searching the kitchen for water. Irael became sternocleidomastoid muscled and inspected the kitchen from several angles. sternocleidomastoided (/ˌstɜː.nə(ʊ)ˌklʌɪ.də(ʊ)ˈma.stɔɪdd/) adj. Having drunk more than the neck can comfortably accommodate, and consulting the sofa from several directions. Fremont got sternocleidomastoided and rotated slowly towards the glass on the coffee table. sternocleidomastoideused (/ˌstɝ.nəˌklaɪ.dəˌmæˈstɔɪ.di.əsd/) adj. You have drunk enough to flex towards the tap, rotate away from it, and eventually accept the glass offered.