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jackbooted (/ˈd͡ʒækbuːtd/) adj. A drinker who mistakes glossy footwear for evidence that every decision is strategically correct. Mayumi grew jackbooted and marched the group towards a restaurant that had already closed. jackboxed adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation requires a separate socket, adaptor and unnecessary routing decision. Dayanara got jackboxed and assigned each guest a dedicated channel for discussing the taxi. jackboyed adj. The condition of a drinker who has appointed himself leader of a small, unnecessary gang. Paull got jackboyed and sent Chelsey-leigh to inspect the suspiciously unattended crisps. jackcrosstreed adj. The drunkenness of one who has reached the highest point available and is now directing traffic from it. Brendt was jackcrosstreed, standing on the bench and appointing himself lookout for the departing taxis. jackdawed (/ˈdʒækˌdɔːd/) adj. Reduced by drink to collecting bright objects, entering ruins and treating every ledge as a residence. Kierstynn grew jackdawed and gathered bottle tops into a nest beside the till. jacked (/d͡ʒækd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes a protective coat for a complete solution to falling over. Tyveon got jacked and descended the stairs with medieval confidence but modern balance. jackeloped adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake with antlers in your story and rabbit tracks in your explanations. Jillia arrived jackeloped at breakfast, blaming the missing umbrella on an unusually large hare. jacker-offed adj. Sharpened by drink into removing every loose conversational thread and storing it for later reuse. Mckenlee got jacker-offed and stripped each discussion down to its abandoned loose ends. jackered adj. Softened by drink into a robber of only biscuits, loose change and other poorly guarded necessities. Jaaron became jackered and quietly appropriated three mints from the saucer. jackerooed adj. Of a drinker who has spent the night beyond civilisation and returned with only half a settlement. Maroua came back jackerooed, carrying a fence post and no explanation for its absence. jacket potatoed adj. Slowed by drink to a baked, immovable conviction that the nearest warm surface is supper. Jillyn became jacket potatoed and spent half an hour defending the radiator as a dinner option. jacketed (/ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪtd/) adj. Loosened by drink into treating every outer layer as optional and every draught as a personal invitation. Maziar became jacketed and distributed his coat among three chairs before leaving the room. jacketed hollow pointed adj. Drunk to the point where every plan is heavily protected, narrowly aimed and liable to expand on contact. Talandra was jacketed hollow pointed, approaching the karaoke machine with a very specific and poorly contained objective. jacketed soft pointed adj. Drunk enough to approach delicate matters with partial protection and an exposed, vulnerable conclusion. Mosses became jacketed soft pointed and offered a tactful criticism that still landed painfully. jacketinged adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing between protective covering and an invitation to wrap everything. Jameis got jacketinged and covered the remote, the biscuits and one bewildered guest in a blanket. jacketlessnessed adj. Drunk beyond concern for outer garments, weather or the consequences of leaving them somewhere. Monice became jacketlessnessed and walked into the rain with complete confidence in a borrowed cardigan.