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javelinisted adj. Too drunk to distinguish throwing practice from general arm movement, but not too drunk to attempt both. Landel was javelinisted and nearly speared the fruit bowl with a breadstick. javelinmanned adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a domestic staircase for a military position requiring a spear. Nuzhat got javelinmanned and guarded the stairs with a rolled-up magazine. javelinned (/ˈd͡ʒæv.(ə.)lɪnd/) adj. Drunk beyond ordinary coordination, with each arm extending independently towards whatever seems throwable. Leighton-james got javelinned and attempted to spear a crisp from across the table. javelled (/ˈd͡ʒævəld/) adj. Drunk past the point of having a fixed destination, but still committed to wandering there. javellizationed adj. Having drunk enough to chlorinate the conversation, leaving every remark cleaner, harsher and less welcome. javitried adj. Having drunk more than mace is conventionally used to season anything, including one's account of the evening. javved adj. Drunk in a way that makes the arms light, direct and unexpectedly committed to throwing things. Albie went javved and launched a breadstick towards the coat stand. jaw bearded adj. You are drunk and carrying a thin, persistent line of speech round the edge of every conversation. Dmyah went jaw bearded and traced one rambling point around the table all evening. jaw boned adj. Softened by drink into a lower-jawed, slow-chewing traveller who requires assistance with the last coat. jaw breakered adj. Of a drinker: hard, spherical in conversation, and liable to leave the listener's patience in fragments. Dede went jaw breakered and reduced a simple question to an endurance exercise. jaw harped adj. Drunk since last orders, and using the jaw as an instrument whose one note the staff cannot silence. jaw harpisted adj. Drunk to the extent of performing the evening's itinerary on a small, twanging instrument. jaw muscled adj. Drunk on the strength of clenching through every discussion of taxis, coats and one final round. Royle was jaw muscled, maintaining the same firm expression through three proposed departure times. jaw plated adj. Drunk since last orders, and able to crush objections to leaving with steady mechanical pressure. jaw winkinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and blinking upwards in sympathy with every attempt to chew or speak. jaw wormed adj. Still drunk, and moving through the last orders like a small creature equipped for narrow spaces. Anquinette remained jaw wormed beneath the coat rail while everyone else found the exit.