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jeu de taquinned adj. The state of being drunk and repeatedly rearranging the same few steps without reaching an equivalent position. jeune premiered (/ˌʒəːn prəmˈjeɪd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of youth, and attempting the journey home as its romantic hero. Ladelle got jeune premiered and delivered a farewell speech beside the taxi rank. jew harped adj. The drunkenness of one who produces a single note, with some attention to the mouth. jew's harped adj. Reduced by drink to a frame, a tongue and one persistent note. Armor became jew's harped and contributed a continuous note to the conversation. jew's harpisted adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a performance from a sustained note. jew-fished adj. Drunk to the point where every large person in the room is judged by the standards of a grouper. jewbushed (/ˈd͡ʒuːbʊʃd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and spreading low across the booth with tropical determination. jewed (/d͡ʒuːd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and lying broad and still wherever the final round left you. Brantly was jewed beside the cloakroom, apparently awaiting transport by tide. jewel anemoned adj. Too drunk to leave the brightly coloured lights of the bar without personal introductions. Trais jewel anemoned beneath the coloured bar lights, introducing themselves to each fixture. jewel bearinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to revolve around a fixed point while insisting the journey is progressing. Antal was jewel bearinged around the umbrella stand when the taxi arrived. jewel beetled adj. Having drunk enough to become glossy, iridescent, and unexpectedly difficult to direct towards home. Amita went jewel beetled under the taxi rank's lights and refused the ordinary route home. jewel blocked adj. Having drunk more than the evening can carry, and stopping at the narrowest point of the exit. jewel boxed adj. You have drunk enough to place every possession carefully away, including things still in use. jewel bugged adj. You are drunk and proceeding sideways, with a hard-backed confidence in the chosen direction. jewel cased adj. Of a drinker: carefully enclosed in a coat and no longer distinguishable from the luggage. jewel cichlided adj. Of a drinker who has become brightly coloured, territorial, and unwilling to share the last round. Josephene got jewel cichlided when another table approached the remaining crisps.