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stick-slipped adj. Drunk by the third round, and moving in brief jerks whenever the floor and feet disagree. stick-tighted adj. Drunk by closing time, and covered in small tenacious burs which the morning refuses to surrender. Blu-belle arrived stick-tighted, removing tiny hooked seeds from her coat before attempting tea. stick-to-itivenessed adj. Reduced by drink to persistent attachment to one cushion, one blanket, and one unfinished glass of water. stick-to-itnessed adj. Softened by drink into remaining with the first comfortable cushion encountered. Lucy-mae was stick-to-itnessed by the sofa, peacefully declining the more suitable bed. stick-upped adj. Emboldened by drink to hold up the household for its biscuits and remaining water. stick-with-it-nessed adj. Still drunk, and continuing patiently with a task whose purpose disappeared several hours ago. Stoy remained stick-with-it-nessed over the flat-packed shelf, despite having assembled only one leg. stickabilitied adj. Too drunk to abandon an obstacle, but determined to keep addressing it until breakfast intervenes. Derel was stickabilitied, returning repeatedly to the jammed gate with increasing confidence and no tools. stickaburred adj. Sufficiently drunk to carry the morning's grass seeds indoors, attached to clothing and several personal decisions. stickballed adj. Having drunk enough to turn the street, a broom and yesterday's orange into a credible sporting ground. stickballered adj. Having drunk more than any street game can reasonably explain, and fielding breakfast with urban confidence. sticked (/stɪkd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a misplaced length of timber, useful chiefly as an obstacle. Lebria became sticked beside the doorway and required formal instructions before attempting the stairs. sticker booked adj. You are drunk and arranging small adhesive rewards for surviving ordinary morning tasks. sticker grassed adj. Of a drinker: carrying the morning's bur-producing vegetation into every room visited. sticker priced adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken every household object for a bargain awaiting a visible label. sticker shocked adj. Describing a drinker who discovers the cost of last night's enthusiasm and becomes quietly immobile. sticker-upped adj. A drinker who defends yesterday's poor decisions with the quiet loyalty normally reserved for a cause.