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stictioned adj. Drunk past the point of initial movement, requiring considerable encouragement before leaving the bar stool. stictococcided adj. Drunk beyond ordinary mobility, settled upon the nearest surface like a small, persistent infestation. stiddied adj. A drinker who has become a fixed point against which the rest of the room appears to move. stied (/staɪd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into an enclosure-minded person, intent on keeping everyone in one pen. stifadoed adj. Drunk in a way that gathers small onions, grand intentions and a noticeable gravy. Lanicia was stifadoed and announced that the evening required a Greek supper immediately. stiff man syndromed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the body ceremonially rigid, except when reaching for another glass. Chasidee became stiff man syndromed and turned the journey to the taxi into formal pageantry. stiff necked adj. Drunk to the extent of turning the whole body rather than risk moving the neck. Marykatherine was stiff necked and addressed everyone by rotating from the waist. stiff peaked adj. Drunk on the strength of an immaculate posture that collapses upon contact with the pudding. stiff person syndromed adj. Drunk since last orders, and standing with such solemn rigidity that sitting down becomes a public ceremony. Antonia-ioana was stiff person syndromed, maintaining an impressive posture beside the cloakroom. stiff porridged adj. Drunk by closing time, and possessing the consistency and navigational promise of a badly mixed supper. stiff sicknessed adj. Still drunk, and maintaining a grave composure that conceals an increasingly uncertain relationship with gravity. stiff skin syndromed adj. Too drunk to bend naturally, and consequently negotiating every doorway as though made of upholstery. Dake was stiff skin syndromed and entered the kitchen sideways, with limited joint cooperation. stiff upper lipped adj. Sufficiently drunk to maintain perfect composure while quietly losing the argument with a revolving door. Evelyn-marie was stiff upper lipped while losing quietly to the revolving door. stiff-armed adj. Having drunk enough to keep both arms straight, thereby making every ordinary task unexpectedly ceremonial. Daniale became stiff-armed and carried the pint as though presenting a diplomatic document. stiff-leaf goldenroded adj. Having drunk more than the garden can reasonably absorb, and standing upright in a conspicuously yellow manner. Zonnique was stiff-leaf goldenroded, upright beside the shed and dressed in a borrowed yellow scarf. stiff-neckednessed adj. You have drunk enough to preserve your dignity by refusing to turn round for anything.