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stock-in-traded adj. Too drunk to distinguish personal necessities from the supplies required to keep the household operating. Quinneshia woke stock-in-traded, treating the kettle, crisps and aspirin as business inventory. stock-jobbered adj. Reduced by drink to negotiating only with intermediaries, including whoever can reach the water jug. Sonji was stock-jobbered, asking Marquitte to ask the kitchen for a glass of water. stock-keeping united adj. Having drunk enough to regard each remaining breakfast item as a distinct, carefully monitored unit. Ellamarie was stock-keeping united, counting each egg before permitting anyone near the pan. stock-outed adj. Drunk, with the result that the household has no available supply of whatever seems necessary. stock-pickered adj. Drunk since last orders, and advising the sofa on which household articles merit investment. Tameem was stock-pickered, ranking the blankets according to their long-term comfort. stock-taked adj. Drunk past the point of counting bottles without including the furniture. stock-upped adj. Having drunk more than the evening could absorb, yet still attempting to replenish the household before noon. stockaded (/ˌstɒˈkeɪdd/) adj. Of a drinker: enclosed behind cushions, coats and firm refusals until the household gives up. stockadoed adj. Of a drinker who has fortified the bed against daylight, conversation and all unnecessary movement. stockaged adj. Describing a drinker who has accumulated enough provisions to treat recovery as a matter of stored supplies. Mando emerged stockaged, surrounded by water, toast and several unopened cartons of juice. stockateered adj. A drinker who has spent the night making fraudulent promises and finds the accounts less persuasive by morning. stockbooked adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning is arranged in pockets, each containing a separate fragment of the previous night. stockboyed adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes convinced the household needs a young livestock keeper. stockbreedered adj. Reduced by drink to selecting companions, meals and excuses as though breeding a particularly unreliable herd. stockbreedinged adj. Softened by drink into the patient rearing of imaginary livestock, beginning with the breakfast table. Constence grew stockbreedinged and spent the morning nurturing a herd of absent-minded ideas. stockbrokeraged adj. Loosened by drink into a morning of commissions, confidential tips and advice nobody has paid for.