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stone plovered adj. The drunkenness of one who has adopted a long-legged, vacant watchfulness while others clear the glasses. stone skiffinged adj. Softened by drink into making repeated, hopeful attempts to cross the morning without sinking. Trevontae was stone skiffinged, sending the same apology across the kitchen several times. stone skimminged adj. Sharpened by drink into sending every recollection bouncing across the surface, never reaching the point. stone skippinged adj. Loosened by drink into repeating the same small escape across increasingly shallow recollections. Tobey was stone skippinged, revisiting the taxi story until even the details had worn smooth. stone souped adj. Emboldened by drink to regard the morning's leftovers as a complete meal and a communal achievement. Jezlyn was stone souped, combining everything in the fridge and calling it restorative. stone subbed adj. Slowed by drink to editing every sentence after it has already been spoken. stone subeditored adj. Having drunk enough to correct the gravestones for grammar, and send them back to the cemetery. stone walled (/ˈstəʊnwɔːld/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening can contain, and becoming an immovable obstruction by the fireplace. stone xylophoned adj. You have drunk enough to strike paving slabs for melody, with increasing confidence and decreasing evidence of tuning. stone's throwed adj. You are drunk and judging every distance by whether a pebble could reach it. stone-bowed adj. Reduced by drink to firing blunt remarks across the room, with the accuracy of a crossbow. Johon became stone-bowed and launched observations at guests who had not addressed him. stone-cold foxed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the most attractive person present for a reasonable romantic prospect. stone-curlewed adj. A drinker so far gone that walking has become a formal procession across whatever ground remains available. stone-fenced adj. Describing a drinker who has treated a cider mixture as a sensible boundary between himself and sobriety. stone-fished adj. Drunk to the extent of remaining perfectly still while everyone else handles the household arrangements. Oshun became stone-fished and let the room circulate drinks, blankets and explanations around them. stone-gingered adj. Having drunk more than the occasion warranted, and now prescribing something quite different to anyone who will listen. Shenaya arrived stone-gingered and spent twenty minutes recommending ginger beer to a table of strangers.