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stop-go animationed adj. Drunk enough to move in separate photographed increments, creating the impression of progress only in sequence. Jenson-joseph became stop-go animationed on the staircase, advancing visibly between pauses. stop-go signed adj. Drunk past the point of reading a signal correctly, particularly when it alternates between walking and waiting. stop-goed adj. Drunk to the point where every attempt at progress produces an equally determined retreat. stop-loss ordered adj. Emboldened by drink to liquidate the evening whenever conditions appear marginally inconvenient. Chandell became stop-loss ordered and left the pub over a minor disagreement about chips. stop-lossed adj. Drunk in a way that keeps the person on duty long after their balance has requested release. stop-motioned adj. Drunk to a degree that produces movement only as a sequence of separate, poorly connected decisions. Tanushka was stop-motioned, apparently walking upstairs by means of successive stills. stop-overed adj. Having drunk enough to make every interruption in the journey home a destination in its own right. stop-phrased adj. Emboldened by drink to dismiss whatever words in the room seem inconvenient, including your own. stop-tapped adj. Drunk to the extent of repeatedly shutting off the flow of speech, movement, and useful intention. stop-timed adj. Drunk on the strength of a rhythm that advances one beat, stops, and leaves the rest to silence. stop-worked adj. Drunk since last orders, and temporarily ceasing all work apart from maintaining an upright posture. Irva was stop-worked at the bottom of the stairs, with the ascent postponed indefinitely. stopbanded adj. Drunk by closing time, and unable to let any clear signal pass between intention and action. stopbanked adj. Still drunk, and raised against further progress like an embankment at the foot of the stairs. Tarina was stopbanked beside the banister, preventing both herself and others from advancing. stopblocked adj. Too drunk to pass the end of the route, especially where a solid obstruction has been provided. stopboarded adj. Emboldened by drink to stand on the pub's threshold as though it were a defensive platform. Xavyer became stopboarded and guarded the doorway from departing customers. stopchecked adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a cautious valve, permitting conversation and movement only intermittently.