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sticking-pointed adj. Loosened by drink into the one disputed matter preventing progress towards the taxi. stickinged (/ˈstɪkɪŋd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a sequence of drum notes, all performed upon the table. stickit ministered adj. Drunk to the extent of failing the morning's simplest examination through incompetence rather than malice. Annicia was stickit ministered by the toaster, disqualified after pressing every button. stickjawed adj. Drunk on the strength of finding toast difficult to chew and conversation more so. Jemekia was stickjawed over breakfast, working patiently through a single corner of toast. sticklacked adj. Drunk by the third round, and coated by morning in whatever the evening happened to leave behind. sticklebacked adj. Still drunk, and bristling defensively at breakfast while constructing a nest from abandoned clothes. Angelis was sticklebacked, guarding the duvet and arranging yesterday's jumper around it. sticklebaged adj. Too drunk to leave the sofa without first constructing a nest from blankets and discarded clothing. stickled (/ˈstɪk(ə)ld/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced by morning to a sharp point of complaint. sticklered (/ˈstɪk.ləd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to referee the breakfast dispute between the kettle and the toaster. sticklerismed adj. Having drunk enough to enforce the rules of breakfast long after everyone else has forgotten them. stickleworted adj. Having drunk more than the morning can comfortably absorb, and turning medicinally towards bitter green remedies. stickmanned adj. You are drunk and represented by a few unsteady lines, with the missing details left to others. stickouted adj. Drunk enough to extend unsolicited advice into every conversation, like wire from an electrode. stickpersonned adj. Having drunk more than a sketch requires, and now gesturing with lines instead of limbs. Emlyn stood beside the sofa, stickpersonned, explaining the glass of water with two sweeping arms. stickpinned (/ˈstɪkpɪnd/) adj. You have drunk enough to fasten every loose household object neatly to your clothing. Masaharu arrived in the kitchen stickpinned, carrying three teaspoons on his jumper. stickpushered adj. Having drunk more than the forward corrective mechanism can accommodate, with every incipient stall answered by another round.