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sock yarned adj. Drunk to the extent of mistaking a fine thread of conversation for something one can continuously unravel. sockasinned adj. Having drunk enough to mistake a hybrid slipper for a considered choice. Omary became sockasinned and defended the arrangement as practical evening wear. sockdolagered (/[ˌsɑkˈdɑːɫ.ə.d͡ʒɚ]d/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating each subsequent remark as a conclusive blow. sockdollagered adj. Drunk by closing time, and possessing a decisive rejoinder for matters already beyond discussion. sockdologered adj. Softened by drink into a person whose finishing blow has become a conciliatory pat by morning. socked (/sɒkd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point of keeping one’s feet metaphorically covered. socked on the nosed adj. Slowed by drink to the centred, immovable condition of a morning stamp that has met its cancellation. sockered adj. Drunk and attempting, the morning after, to play a field sport with the coordination of a loose ball. sockerooed adj. Drunk to the point where the morning-after wreckage is being described as remarkably successful. socket bolted adj. Drunk past the point of noticing that the morning's attachments require a spacer before being tightened. socket moneyed adj. Drunk in a way that turns the morning-after collection into an informal contribution towards a family celebration. Deldrick woke socket moneyed, requesting coins from everyone for an unexplained wedding. socket piped adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's conversations expand at one end and receive nobody cleanly. Edford was socket piped, beginning every sentence broadly and ending it nowhere. socket poled adj. Drunk to a degree that propels the person through the morning by whichever rigid object is nearest. socket wrenched adj. Drunk to the extent of changing mental attachments repeatedly, with each morning thought requiring a different fitting. Jerail grew socket wrenched and changed his mind about breakfast three times before dawn. socketed (/ˈsɒkɪtd/) adj. Drunk enough to spend the morning looking for an opening into which every loose object might fit. socketried adj. Drunk on the strength of the morning's accumulated sockets, each one offering a tempting but unsuitable connection. Cayton socketried the morning, trying each wall outlet while the household searched for the missing charger.