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jockeyshipped adj. You have drunk enough to acquire the manners of a race rider and the patience of neither. Elvir became jockeyshipped at last orders, leaning forward whenever the bar moved an inch. jockocracied adj. Of a drinker: ruled by loud athletic certainty, especially when deciding who is paying for the round. jockocrated adj. Of a drinker who has appointed himself leader of the group and keeper of the final round. Lizbette grew jockocrated and declared the coats ready before finding her own. jockoed adj. You are drunk and standing rigidly by the entrance, decorative but of little practical assistance. Manisha remained jockoed beside the pub door while everyone else collected their coats. jockstrapped (/ˈd͡ʒɒkstɹæpd/) adj. A drinker who has mistaken the walk home for strenuous exercise requiring additional support. jockstrapperied adj. A drinker so far gone that collecting coats and reaching the taxi resemble organised sport. Soe became jockstrapperied in the cloakroom, treating each recovered coat as a victory. jockteleged adj. The state of being drunk and folding every remaining plan into a smaller, sharper arrangement. Sharmane went jockteleged at last orders and folded the evening into one taxi receipt. jocolatted adj. The condition of a drinker who has exchanged the final round for a hot, reassuring substitute. jocoleted adj. Drunk and insisting that an obsolete spelling is the only historically defensible one. joconded adj. The drunkenness of one who has become light, spongy and liable to collapse beneath polite pressure. Tylia was joconded by closing time, absorbing the coat-room queue without resistance. jocoqued adj. Reduced by drink to a cultured thickness, pleasantly set and no longer suitable for independent travel. jocoquied adj. Softened by drink into a strained, settled condition from which the journey home must be spooned. Raaed became jocoquied at last orders, remaining on the stool until carefully gathered. jocosenessed adj. Sharpened by drink into cheerful mischief, particularly when the coat check is already closing. jocoseriositied adj. Loosened by drink into a solemn jokingness in which every departure instruction is both sincere and absurd. Charlecia became jocoseriositied while explaining that the taxi was symbolically nearby. jocositied adj. Emboldened by drink to make jokes at precisely the point when everyone is putting on coats. Xola grew jocositied in the cloakroom and narrated each unsuccessful attempt at fastening a sleeve. jocote de micoed adj. Drunk and hanging about the taxi rank like fruit left to ripen before transport. Efstratios stood jocote de micoed beneath the pub sign, waiting for the last taxi.