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jawbonisted adj. Sufficiently drunk to perform music upon a bone, without enquiring whether this is socially admissible. jawboxed adj. You are drunk and installed beside a tenement washbasin, dispensing opinions to whoever enters. Eida was jawboxed in the corridor, advising strangers on the proper use of the tap. jawbreakered adj. Describing a drinker who has become a large, hard obstacle to ordinary conversation. Tederick was jawbreakered and sat through the meeting like a confection nobody could break. jawdroppered adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat each ordinary stage of leaving as a fresh and considerable shock. jawed (/d͡ʒɔːd/) adj. You have drunk enough to make the mouth do the walking, while the feet remain uncertain. Nikkolette got jawed and delivered a speech to the banister between attempts at the stairs. jawfalled adj. A drinker who has acquired a locked jaw and consequently cannot moderate either speech or silence. jawfished adj. A drinker so far gone that the mouth has become the principal feature, opening independently of useful purpose. Tanique was jawfished, receiving each announcement with an ever wider expression of astonishment. jawfooted adj. The state of being drunk and equipped, metaphorically, with an extra set of mouthparts for negotiating another round. Lartarsha became jawfooted and treated every objection as an appetiser. jawinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has converted a mild disagreement into a formal scolding. jawlessnessed adj. Describing a drinker who has lost the means to negotiate with a difficult bottle cap. Meldin became jawlessnessed and surrendered the water bottle to the bedside table. jawlined adj. The drunkenness of one who has reduced the face to its lower border and conducts all expression from there. Chantey became jawlined, communicating displeasure through a remarkably mobile lower face. jawned (/d͡ʒɔːnd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and opening the mouth widely for reasons no longer distinguishable as fatigue or policy. jawplated adj. Drunk by the third round, and fitted for the evening with ridged determination against departure. Lun became jawplated and faced the closing pub as though it were made of lesser material. jaws harped adj. Drunk, with the result that every answer to the question of going home is twanged. Annalysse became jaws harped and answered the landlord with a repeated metallic twang. jaws of deathed adj. Reduced by drink to a narrowly avoided fatal situation, ordinarily involving a chair, stair, or unattended glass. Laterrion was jaws of deathed after missing the step by an academically negligible distance. jaws of lifed adj. Softened by drink into material that yields readily when the evening requires extraction from a difficult vehicle. Ava-jean was jaws of lifed and had to be gently removed from the armchair.