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stoner rockered adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the pub carpet as a suitable concert platform. stonered (/ˈstoʊnɚd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated invitations to cast the first stone, preferably at the skittles. stonerollered (/ˈstoʊnˌroʊləɹd/) adj. Still drunk, and advancing in short, determined movements towards the crisps. Mariaisabella arrived stonerollered, travelling steadily from the bar to the jukebox. stonerooted adj. Too drunk to move from the bar, with remarkable firmness beneath the shoes. stonerunnered adj. Sharpened by drink into a quick, skittering presence that keeps circling the gathering without settling. Roopa became stonerunnered and crossed the room repeatedly, addressing nobody twice. stoneseeded adj. Sufficiently drunk to scatter small, hard convictions wherever the conversation happens to fall. Catiana became stoneseeded and left opinions about every horse race in the snug. stonesettinged adj. Having drunk enough to secure every loose object in the pub as though it were jewellery. Frederico got stonesettinged and fixed a coaster to the table with chewing gum. stoneshoted adj. Having drunk more than enough to regard each loose pebble as suitable pub ammunition. Doretha went stoneshoted and aimed a gravelly warning at the wheelie bin. stonesthrowed adj. Of a drinker: confident that every destination, however distant, is only a short cast away. stonethrowinged adj. Emboldened by drink to cast whatever is nearest at the problem, including blame and occasionally crockery. Frozine got stonethrowinged and blamed the weather before throwing a coaster at the jukebox. stonewalled (/ˈstəʊnwɔːld/) adj. You are drunk and treating every unanswered question as a brick laid across the conversation. stonewallered adj. Of a drinker: incapable of answering plainly, particularly when the round is mentioned. stonewallinged adj. Drunk past the point of answering questions or cooperating with the inquiry into who ordered chips. stonewared adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which the evening remains porous to suggestion, dense and opaque instead. Jacquee was stonewared, impervious to persuasion and remarkably confident about the gravy. stonewashed adj. Drunk in a way that gives the evening a deliberately faded appearance, as though it had been laundered with gravel. stonewayed adj. Drunk, with the result that every journey proceeds by grooves, setts and considerable historical inconvenience.