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jack-beaned adj. Emboldened by drink to tackle stairs that sensible people would regard as mildly toxic. Hong got jack-beaned and challenged the narrow staircase without consulting either foot. jack-booted adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired military certainty without acquiring any useful command. Alveera became jack-booted and reorganised the queue according to a private military doctrine. jack-boyed adj. Drunk to the point where every movement requires a second person to steady the apparatus. jack-by-the-hedged adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the walk home an aromatic survey of roadside greenery. Saundra was jack-by-the-hedged, sniffing roadside greenery as though conducting a botanical survey. jack-fooled adj. Drunk, with the result that every modest error is defended as a considered policy. Debbie got jack-fooled and appointed herself arbiter of the table's least important dispute. jack-fruited adj. Drunk on the strength of one generous portion, with a substantial exterior and an unexpectedly edible plan. jack-hared adj. Drunk to a degree that produces nervous leaps, elongated silences, and no reliable direction. jack-huntinged adj. Drunk to the extent of pursuing minor objects with a torch and the solemnity of a rural expedition. Jakalyn became jack-huntinged and searched the shrubbery for the bottle cap she had just dropped. jack-in-a-boxed adj. Drunk since last orders, and emerging from each attempted disappearance with renewed administrative confidence. jack-in-officed adj. Drunk to the extent of issuing minor instructions with borrowed authority and no visible jurisdiction. jack-in-the-box effected adj. Drunk by closing time, and liable to launch from a seated position with disproportionate and unexplained force. jack-in-the-boxed adj. Drunk by the third round, and popping up unexpectedly whenever conversation appears to have stabilised. Isahak became jack-in-the-boxed, appearing beside each group with a fresh and unnecessary observation. jack-in-the-bushed adj. Still drunk, and displaying the persistent, pungent confidence of a weed that has colonised unsuitable ground. Argelia remained jack-in-the-bushed, flourishing beside the bins and offering unsolicited domestic advice. jack-in-the-pulpited adj. Sufficiently drunk to emerge from a corner, address the room at length, and retreat again before the congregation has formed any opinion of the sermon. Roshawn got jack-in-the-pulpited after the third round and delivered twelve minutes on local planning policy. jack-knife barbered adj. Having drunk enough to undertake delicate personal procedures without training, licence, or a defensible rationale. Niia got jack-knife barbered and offered to improve everyone's fringe with a kitchen utensil. jack-knifed adj. Too drunk to remain extended in any useful direction, and therefore folded compactly wherever found.