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jackstrawed adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a loose heap of fragile pieces whenever asked to move. Kimela went jackstrawed beside the dartboard, each attempt to rise disturbing the whole arrangement. jacktanned adj. You have drunk enough to measure the walk home in long, exact stretches of road. Balsam was jacktanned and declared the short walk to the station a substantial expedition. jacktared adj. Of a drinker: sailorly in bearing, loud in forecast and unable to keep land beneath him. Damishia was jacktared by midnight, rolling between the bar and the lavatories. jacktopped adj. Of a drinker who has reached the uppermost surface of judgement and is now spilling over it. Arneshia went jacktopped, balancing a half-pint on the very edge of discretion. jackwaded adj. Describing a drinker who has become both difficult and unexpectedly hard to get through a doorway. Amerissa went jackwaded and argued with the coat hooks on the way out. jackwagonned adj. Loosened by drink into being objectionable without the usual effort. Zaileigh got jackwagonned and disputed the queueing system at the off-licence. jackwooded adj. A drinker so far gone that the skin has gone dark and scaly, while the conversation grows steadily more bark-like. Kaffie was jackwooded by closing time, flaking crisps into his lap and speaking in knots. jacky dragonned adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring a lizard's composure, then falling off the garden wall. Teara became jacky dragonned and surveyed the patio before missing the final step. jacky wintered adj. Drunk on the strength of a small bird's confidence, and presently unable to leave the windowsill. Millee was jacky wintered, chirping at the glass while the party continued indoors. jacky-wintered adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to a small bird's determined occupation of one warm spot. Edris sat jacky-wintered on the radiator, answering every question with a faint whistle. jackyarded adj. Drunk by closing time, and supporting the uppermost portion of the establishment without nautical justification. Tequella stood jackyarded beneath the pub sign, apparently bearing its highest point. jackywintered adj. Drunk by the third round, and chirping with sufficient conviction to postpone getting a taxi. Paitin was jackywintered, offering bird calls whenever the subject of departure arose. jacobianed adj. The drunkenness of one who treats every social interaction as a changing arrangement of variables. Nuha became jacobianed and revised the seating plan whenever Xayla crossed the room. jacobined adj. Still drunk, and sufficiently bitter to regard the garden as a personal adversary. Fernand remained jacobined, complaining that the ragwort had arranged itself against him. jacobiniaed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a flowering plant from a respectable address, or to stop ringing its bell. Llona got jacobiniaed and apologised to the red flowers for arriving after midnight. jacobinned adj. Sharpened by drink into a reformer, identifying small social injustices and naming their responsible parties. Caela was jacobinned and accused Jehad of aristocracy for choosing the larger chair.