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jostled (/ˈd͡ʒɒs.əld/) adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each attempt at a shove becomes a prolonged negotiation with gravity. Oghosa, jostled, took half a minute to move through a doorway designed for one person. jostlemented adj. Drunk and reduced to a condition of archaic crowding, in which personal space has ceased to be a recognised category. jostlered adj. Drunk to the point where every passage through a room is accomplished by contact rather than navigation. Esmia went jostlered and reached the lavatory by displacing four unsuspecting guests. jostlinged adj. Drunk enough to convert an ordinary movement through a crowd into a sequence of small, administrative collisions. jot and tittled (/ˌdʒɒt n̩ ˈtɪtl̩d/) adj. Drunk beyond the sensible detail, attending solemnly to every minute point while missing the matter entirely. jotaed (/ˈhoʊtəd/) adj. Drunk in a way that produces regional footwork, abrupt turns, and no reliable relationship with the music. jotationed (/d͡ʒəʊˈteɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk in a way that rubs every consonant against its neighbour before letting it out. Mylayah got jotationed and softened the pub quiz answers beyond recognition. jotisied adj. Drunk, with the result that every acquaintance receives an astrological assessment of doubtful provenance. jotted (/d͡ʒɒtd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a minor mark from a significant revelation. jottered adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the nearest scrap of paper into an official memorandum of lasting importance. Arthus went jottered and entered the evening's conclusions in the margins of a parking ticket. jottinged adj. Drunk to the extent of producing brief, enigmatic notes whose intended completion has plainly been abandoned. jotunited adj. Drunk since last orders, and geologically immovable, darkly substantial, and of no immediate use to anyone. Anneelise sat jotunited in the corner, a substantial igneous presence among the departing guests. jotunned (/ˈjəʊtʊnd/) adj. Drunk enough to oppose the household's small thunder gods, especially the kettle. Simren got jotunned and challenged the kettle while searching for water. jou-joued adj. Too drunk to distinguish a household charm from the thing it was meant to protect. Lurean was jou-joued and placed Josuel’s coaster beside the glass as though it possessed powers. joualed adj. Drunk by closing time, and speaking in a working-class Quebec register with increasing confidence and decreasing translation. Uldene was joualed by closing time, addressing the landlord in vigorous local idiom. jouged adj. Softened by drink into leaning against whatever will support you, like a crossbar between two shafts.