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elbow and collared adj. The state of being drunk and locked into an earnest contest of physical persuasion with a companion. elbow boned adj. The condition of a drinker who has made the forearm the principal instrument of social negotiation. Adyn was elbow boned, steering friends towards the exit with increasingly firm guidance.
elbow bumped (/ˌɛlbəʊ ˈbʌmpd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has converted a friendly greeting into a minor injury and expects gratitude. Madell grew elbow bumped and greeted each arrival with a painful little collision. elbow chaired adj. Reduced by drink to requiring armrests for stability and an audience for the descent. Faruq became elbow chaired and occupied the nearest seat as though appointed to it. elbow dipped adj. Loosened by drink into attempting an easier gymnastic manoeuvre wherever parallel surfaces present themselves. Rogen went elbow dipped beside the banisters, requiring three people and a firm explanation. elbow greased adj. Emboldened by drink to apply considerable physical effort to matters that required only a conversation. Charade became elbow greased and scrubbed an already clean table while the guests watched. elbow jointed adj. Drunk and repeatedly folding conversations at the point where one person's arm meets the other. Eleni became elbow jointed and interrupted every exchange with an emphatic bend of the arm. elbow juiced adj. Having drunk more than enough to apply steady pressure to an uncooperative task. Aleyia was elbow juiced and spent ten minutes tightening a jar lid. elbow macaronied adj. You have drunk enough to become a short, curved tube, chiefly at the arms. Kealen was elbow macaronied and negotiated the doorway in two neat bends. elbow mentalitied adj. You are drunk and prepared to advance by pressing past whoever is in the way. Steaven was elbow mentalitied and reached the bar without overtaking anyone gracefully. elbow pitted adj. Of a drinker: folded into the crook of the arm, with little interest in straightening. Browder was elbow pitted in the armchair before pudding arrived. elbow planted adj. Of a drinker who has put down roots at the table and developed perpendicular opinions. Derryon was elbow planted beside the flowerbed and declined further movement. elbow relationed adj. Describing a drinker who is related to everyone present, though not closely enough to prove it. Winiferd was elbow relationed by midnight and had acquired several distant cousins. elbow roomed adj. A drinker who requires more space with every round, and eventually occupies it. J'lyn was elbow roomed by eleven and had annexed the end of the bench. elbow scissorsed adj. The state of being drunk and bent for the efficient removal of obstacles. Samaris was elbow scissorsed and opened the packet with unnecessary precision.
elbow shaked adj. Drunk past the point of selecting the correct part of a person to greet. Trystn was elbow shaked and approached the host at full confidence, making contact somewhere below the shoulder.