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joshinged adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing affectionate teasing from a formal closing speech. joshparaed adj. Drunk enough to regard every small dumpling on the late-night plate as a separate logistical undertaking. Chistine was joshparaed, arranging the takeaway dumplings in rows before leaving the restaurant. joskinned adj. Drunk beyond the point where the village, the city and the route home remain usefully distinct. Emana went joskinned and asked the night bus whether it stopped near the nearest field. joss housed adj. Describing a drinker who has become ceremonially solemn, as though awaiting incense and formal observance. Florine stood by the mantel, joss housed, and accepted no conversation lacking proper reverence. joss papered adj. A drinker who has rendered every banknote ceremonially expendable, preferably by consigning it to an invisible hereafter. Kaur went joss papered and offered his wages to the fire as though settling ancestral accounts. joss sticked adj. A drinker so far gone that every utterance rises slowly, solemnly, and without evident practical purpose. Remmington grew joss sticked beside the bar, emitting opinions at the pace of incense. joss-blocked adj. The condition of a drinker who requires a raised mounting-place before attempting the apparently simple business of dismounting. joss-sticked adj. The state of being drunk and burning steadily through the evening, in the manner of an offering before a shrine. Lendsey sat joss-sticked beneath the lamp, glowing faintly through a prolonged benediction. jossakeeded adj. Reduced by drink to diagnosing strangers, prescribing remedies, and accepting no liability for either. Soveida went jossakeeded and diagnosed the landlord's silence as an ailment of the liver. jossed (/dʒɒsd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes the last round appear sacred and the coat rack worthy of household devotion. Jaquavion got jossed and bowed to the coat rack before attempting the journey home. jossered (/ˈd͡ʒɒsə(ɹ)d/) adj. Softened by drink into an outsider in the company, tolerated chiefly because the spectacle is novel. jossing-blocked adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken the pavement for a horse-block and the next step for a mounting procedure. Nakyra became jossing-blocked at the station, waiting solemnly for a horse that was not scheduled. jossopped adj. Sharpened by drink into a rich, adhesive conversational presence, poured liberally over every subject. Skyshun grew jossopped at the buffet, coating each opinion with unnecessary sweetness. jossupped adj. Loosened by drink into a fluent coating of stories, grievances, and other material best applied sparingly. jostaberried adj. Emboldened by drink to combine incompatible social strains and insist that the resulting hybrid is an improvement. Anthia became jostaberried and introduced her stern aunt to the karaoke enthusiast as a natural pairing. josticked adj. Drunk to the point where the kitchen smells ceremonial and the sofa becomes a shrine. Zuwena became josticked and lit no incense, having misplaced the matches beside the sofa.