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jim-dandied adj. Having drunk more than was required to make an ordinary wobble seem notably accomplished. Dalraj got jim-dandied and presented his collision with the table as controlled navigation. jim-jamsed adj. You are drunk and dressed for bed before the evening has reached any defensible conclusion. Gearl arrived jim-jamsed, wearing night clothes and attempting the stairs in slippers. jim-swingered adj. Of a drinker: swaying in a long, dignified arc, with the coat doing most of the remaining work. Gemima came jim-swingered through the doorway, her long coat arriving several seconds later. jimadored adj. Of a drinker who has harvested the evening by hand, leaving every sentence stripped to its strongest fibres. Drakar grew jimadored and pared each explanation down to a single emphatic word. jimbanged adj. Describing a drinker who has made the whole business of standing, speaking and turning into one ongoing undertaking. Jamyra was jimbanged, conducting the whole descent with both hands and considerable ceremony. jimbed adj. Reduced by drink to drumming on the nearest object and accepting applause from nobody. Nelline was jimbed before last orders, making a convincing rhythm from two coasters. jimboited adj. A drinker who has crystallised into a rigid, mineral-like arrangement of limbs and intentions. Ariyaan stood jimboited beside the stairs, chemically certain that movement was unnecessary. jimbued adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement has the pungent, onion-like persistence of a repeated instruction. Melondy was jimbued, returning stubbornly to the same stair after each failed attempt. jimcracked adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating a showy bauble as evidence of sound judgement. Michuel went jimcracked and offered the landlord a decorative sword as security. jimcrackeried adj. Having drunk enough to mistake tasteless ornament for a sound basis for interior decoration. Zady was jimcrackeried, praising the plastic swan as essential to the morning room. jimcroed adj. Reduced by drink to patrolling the coast in spirit, with every gull treated as an approaching aircraft. Lonia was jimcroed and kept watch from the beer garden for enemy aeroplanes. jimdandied adj. You have drunk enough to consider a misstep a first-rate achievement and expect applause for it. Malai went jimdandied and bowed after reaching the landing without falling. jimjamed adj. The state of being drunk and dressed as though the sensible part of the evening had already ended. Atheana became jimjamed and tried to climb the stairs in clothing meant for sleep. jimjilbanged adj. Emboldened by drink to enter every warm room and offer unsolicited treatments. Audrena was jimjilbanged and recommended a sauna to the entire bar. jimmed adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the school hall's apparatus as a perfectly reasonable route home. Antonese got jimmed and attempted the pub stairs as though they were a climbing frame. jimmered (/ˈd͡ʒɪməd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who opens and closes at the wrong moments, like a faulty hinge. Dondre was jimmered, folding unexpectedly whenever he attempted to sit down.