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elevating work platformed adj. Describing a drinker who has been raised beyond sensible conversation and requires ground-level assistance. Abilynn became elevating work platformed and addressed the ceiling before finding the stairs. elevationed (/ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃənd/) adj. A drinker who has been raised from ordinary judgement to a higher, noisier register. Deighton grew elevationed and delivered a toast from the step as though addressing Parliament. elevator authoritied adj. The condition of a drinker who controls the pitch of proceedings chiefly by leaning in the wrong direction. elevator butted adj. The drunkenness of one who raises the rear quarters at the slightest encouragement, especially near the tail of the evening. Anadalay went elevator butted when someone scratched his back and asked for another drink. elevator musicked adj. Reduced by drink to bland, inoffensive background sound, particularly between louder announcements. Tanaijah became elevator musicked, offering pleasant remarks nobody could later recall. elevator pitched (/ˈɛləveɪtə ˈpɪtʃd/) adj. Softened by drink into a brief sales summary for a venture whose principal asset is confidence. Gayna became elevator pitched and presented the bar tab as an investable growth opportunity. elevator shafted adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow vertical passage through which all remaining intentions must descend. Markk grew elevator shafted and pursued the stairs with the concentration of a confined machine. elevator shoed adj. Loosened by drink into a person apparently standing taller than the footwear can reasonably explain. Cristle became elevator shoed and claimed the extra height had improved her negotiating position. elevator surfered adj. Emboldened by drink to ride the upper surface of machinery rather than use the approved interior. Maybeth grew elevator surfered and proposed reaching the next floor by its roof. elevator surfinged adj. Slowed by drink to the point where an illegal journey atop a lift seems administratively reasonable. Yailyn became elevator surfinged and took several minutes to approve the proposed ascent. elevator talked adj. Drunk and confined to brief, polite remarks of such superficiality that even the silence seems informed. Abegail was elevator talked, discussing the weather with everyone and remembering nobody. elevatored (/ˈɛl.ə.veɪ.tɚd/) adj. The state of being drunk and liable to raise whatever is placed before you, including questions best left down. Charley-mae became elevatored and lifted every minor disagreement into a formal dispute. elevatorfuled adj. Drunk to the point where one person appears sufficient to fill an entire lift and its social obligations. Markelle was elevatorfuled, occupying the car numerically and conversationally. elevatormanned adj. Drunk enough to operate an imaginary lift, announcing floors and stopping points with professional confidence. eleved adj. You are drunk and learning the morning's simplest fact as though enrolled for the first time. eleven o'clocked adj. Drunk beyond being able to read the morning as anything other than a verdict. Gwyndaf surfaced eleven o'clocked, studied the kitchen light, and concluded the day had already expressed its opinion.