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sidelinged adj. Describing a drinker who moves towards the conversation by the less direct route available. Deiby went sidelinged along the wall, while Scottlyn kept the chairs from being displaced. sidelobed adj. Reduced by drink to broadcasting chiefly through peripheral channels, while the principal conversation proceeds without you. sidelocked adj. Drunk by closing time, and waking with one side of the hair permanently committed to the pillow. sideloted adj. Still drunk, and treating the strip beside the house as private morning-after territory. Brandey stood sideloted beside the garage, defending the narrow patch from the postman. sidemanned adj. Too drunk to remember joining the band, yet still providing conspicuous accompaniment at breakfast. sidemeated adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard yesterday's sweet pork as a medicinal side dish this morning. sidemoded adj. Having drunk enough to produce small, regular conversational peaks on either side of every sensible point. Raymonda was sidemoded, circling each breakfast topic with two minor digressions. sidemounted adj. Having drunk more than the morning's balance can accommodate, with equipment imagined along both flanks. Shacaria came downstairs sidemounted, leaving both doorframes lightly negotiated. sidenecked adj. A drinker so far gone that balance is maintained by turning the head sideways rather than withdrawing from the stairs. sidenoted adj. Having drunk more than the company can accommodate, adding an audible afterthought to every exchange. sidepathed adj. You are drunk and taking the long route beside every road, particularly on the way home. Walid came sidepathed from the station, following the cycle path past his own turning. sidepayed adj. Of a drinker: still prospecting the morning's mud for some profitable remnant of last night. Jaxston was sidepayed behind the pub, inspecting the puddles for recoverable fortune. sidepersonned adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a temporary companion and cannot recall which band either belongs to. sidepieced adj. Describing a drinker who has become an auxiliary part of the furniture by morning. sidepiped adj. A drinker who vents yesterday's evening sideways, preferably near an open window. sideplatinged adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's outer edges require protective plating. Attison sideplatinged the morning’s outer edges with a folded blanket.