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sticky skin syndromed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves glasses, beer mats and loose change adhering wherever they land. sticky taped adj. Drunk, with the result that every loose object is secured to you before it can be misplaced. sticky toffee puddinged adj. Too drunk to leave the table before everyone has been offered a portion of your grievances with custard. sticky wicketed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every step bounce unpredictably and every landing a matter of weather. sticky willied adj. Drunk to the extent of clinging to every trouser leg, chair and passing opportunity. sticky-back plasticked adj. Drunk since last orders, and decorating the pub with soft, adhesive plans for improvements nobody requested. Carlyne was sticky-back plasticked, covering the dartboard cabinet in coloured proposals. sticky-backed plasticked adj. Drunk by the third round, and applying thin, colourful solutions to problems that plainly require carpentry. sticky-beaked adj. Emboldened by drink to inspect other people's affairs with the solemnity of a royal commission. Charley-may became sticky-beaked and demanded the history of a stranger's sandwich. sticky-ickied adj. Drunk by closing time, and mistaking the pub's ordinary haze for a recreational botanical atmosphere. sticky-noted adj. Still drunk, and leaving small removable instructions on people, furniture and matters already settled. stickybacked adj. Too drunk to distinguish a small portrait from a useful adhesive, and carrying both home proudly. stickybeaked (/ËstɪkibiËkd/) adj. Slowed by drink to examining every private matter at conversational walking pace. stickyjacked adj. Drunk and chopping through the evening with the blunt efficiency of a kitchen tool. Keiliany was stickyjacked, chopping through the evening with blunt kitchen-tool efficiency. stickyweeded (/ËstɪkiËwiËdd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every sleeve, chair and passing acquaintance appears determined to cling. stickywillied adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated snags, each one encouraging another attempt to walk through furniture. stictic acided adj. Drunk enough to become a corrosive presence in a room otherwise devoted to quiet observation.