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jai-alaied adj. Of a drinker who has turned the journey home into a rapid exchange between pavement, doorway and taxi. Eaton went jai-alaied between the pub and the taxi, returning for a forgotten scarf. jaidaded adj. Describing a drinker who has allocated every patch of floor to a different round and is defending the arrangement. Latarcha became jaidaded and assigned the coat stand to anyone still awaiting a taxi. jaikied adj. A drinker who has made hard drinking the evening’s principal qualification and is still seeking another round. Dnajah was jaikied by midnight and negotiated fiercely for one final drink. jail baited adj. A drinker so far gone that every youthful face appears to offer a legally perilous invitation. Dresha got jail baited and complimented a teenager's excellent choice of trainers. jail barsed adj. The state of being drunk and seeing the route home divided into evenly spaced vertical bands. Williadean was jail barsed by last orders and walked between the railings with great concentration. jail birded adj. Reduced by drink to a former captive, suspicious of freedom and unable to stop discussing release dates. Bradley-john became jail birded and asked whether the taxi had completed his parole. jail breaked adj. Drunk to the extent of making an escape from confinement, though the confinement is largely conversational. Birdella got jail breaked and made a determined escape from the birthday table. jail celled adj. Drunk on the strength of regarding any small enclosed space as a secure and adequate residence. Brainna became jail celled and spent twenty minutes negotiating with the lavatory door. jail fevered (/ˈdʒeɪl fiːvəd/) adj. Having drunk enough to spread, by proximity alone, a contagious restlessness through any enclosed space — insidious, institutional, and dating from an earlier century. Any went home jail fevered and had the entire household talking loudly by two in the morning. jail foddered adj. Too drunk to be trusted with liberty, and consequently suitable only for occupying a holding room. Caleal was jail foddered by ten, having become chiefly useful as a body in a chair. jail juiced adj. Having drunk enough to produce a private and unregulated spirit, traditionally associated with confinement. Mishael became jail juiced and offered the table a homemade liquor of alarming provenance. jail khanaed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can properly contain, and converted the premises into a colonial holding establishment. Jearline got jail khanaed and began assigning the guests quarters according to seniority. jail locked adj. You have drunk enough to become as immovable, unyielding and bureaucratically secured as a cast-iron padlock. Joshuaa was jail locked and could not be persuaded that the front door was negotiable. jail pursed adj. Of a drinker: storing every remaining possession in an internal compartment, with regrettable discretion. Shruthi became jail pursed and concealed the taxi fare somewhere no search could locate. jail sentenced adj. Of a drinker who has received a fixed term in the chair and shows no intention of appeal. Deenah was jail sentenced to the armchair and accepted the judgment without argument. jail-baited adj. The state of being drunk and unable to distinguish youthful charm from an impending legal difficulty. Minnette became jail-baited and developed an entirely inappropriate interest in the student discount.