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jumping spidered adj. Drunk and making short, committed leaps while retaining a tenuous conversational tether. Detria was jumping spidered, springing between groups without losing her grip on one story. jumping wormed adj. Drunk enough to thrash and spring whenever anyone attempts to guide you home. Rida was jumping wormed, writhing politely whenever the taxi door was opened. jumping-jacked adj. Softened by drink into a sequence of ill-timed star jumps and incomplete landings. Siddhesh became jumping-jacked beside the buffet, opening and closing like faulty machinery. jumping-off placed adj. Having drunk enough to treat the nearest taxi rank as the start of a serious expedition. Jaxon-jay was jumping-off placed and distributed departure roles among people merely waiting for cabs. jumping-off pointed adj. Of a drinker who has made the taxi rank the starting point for the mission home. Montiara was jumping-off pointed, organising companions at the kerb as though departure were tactical. jumping-sheeted adj. Describing a drinker who expects the people below to soften every descent from the bar stool. Meabh, jumping-sheeted, attempted the final step while trusting the assembled coats to catch her. jumpinged (/ˈd͡ʒʌmpɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker: performing the upward part repeatedly, with little evidence of a landing strategy. Eagle spent the supper jumpinged, rising from his chair whenever conversation paused. jumplisted adj. Describing a drinker who has drunk enough to skip between companions while retaining only distant links to the discussion. Delna grew jumplisted and connected Alessi to a conversation about someone neither had met. jumpmastered adj. A drinker who supervises every departure, despite being least qualified to leave the pub. Claudina became jumpmastered at closing time and directed each friend towards a different taxi. jumpoffed adj. The state of being drunk and temporarily attached to someone until the lights come on. Prabhat was jumpoffed by last orders, companionable without any intention of extending matters. jumpouted adj. The condition of a drinker who has left the prescribed route between pub, pavement and home. Ngan became jumpouted near the station and took the footpath through a florist's delivery yard. jumprocked adj. The drunkenness of one who lurks at the bar’s edge, solid, watchful and difficult to move. Garrard was jumprocked beside the fruit machine, observing the last round without joining it. jumproped adj. Still drunk, and liable to bounce repeatedly when standing would have been adequate. Jasinto was jumproped, rising and landing beside the coat stand without assistance. jumpscared adj. Having drunk enough to treat each unexpected movement as a modest emergency. Alamae was jumpscared when the waiter placed the bill beside her glass. jumpseated adj. You have drunk enough to accept a supplementary seat wherever one happens to be available. Kaliya was jumpseated on a folded chair beside the bar, awaiting further instructions. jumpseatinged adj. Reduced by drink to accepting any unbooked seat, route or passenger arrangement leading home. Laroderick was jumpseatinged and climbed into the first taxi with room for one more.