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jumper cabled adj. Too drunk to connect two points reliably, even with both ends marked in red and black. Chester got jumper cabled and attached himself to the banister instead of the car. jumper's kneed adj. Sufficiently drunk to find each staircase a personal test of the patellar tendon. Arabelle became jumper's kneed halfway upstairs and negotiated every step sitting down. jumpered (/ˈd͡ʒʌmpəd/) adj. Still drunk, and leaving the ground whenever balance appears briefly available. jumperismed adj. Having drunk enough to convulse at every unexpected movement, including the raising of a glass. Elleri was jumperismed when the barman moved the bowl of lemons. jumpformed adj. Having drunk more than the structure can support, and rising vertically in stages with the building. jumpgated adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the gap between two rooms for a traversable wormhole. jumpinessed adj. You are drunk and startled into small, frequent departures from the floor. Tenlie was jumpinessed by the bell above the door and nearly cleared a table. jumping Frenchmen of Maine syndromed adj. Of a drinker who has converted every surprise into an involuntary leap. Akhilles was jumping Frenchmen of Maine syndromed when the till drawer opened. jumping beaned adj. Describing a drinker who ricochets between standing, sitting, and being found elsewhere. Therron was jumping beaned, appearing beside the piano whenever the sofa was occupied. jumping cactused adj. A drinker who attaches himself to nearby surfaces whenever anyone comes within reach. Amarian was jumping cactused, clinging to sleeves whenever people passed. jumping castled adj. A drinker so far gone that remaining upright resembles bouncing inside a soft enclosure. Garrie was jumping castled, rebounding gently between the hallway walls. jumping chollaed adj. The state of being drunk and acquiring a fresh point of attachment with every unsteady step. Elley became jumping chollaed, collecting coat sleeves from the moment she left the pub. jumping cushioned adj. Drunk by closing time, and accepting every fall as though the surrounding company had been provided for it. jumping diseased adj. The condition of a drinker who responds to every interruption with an uncontrolled vertical movement. Khrystian was jumping diseased when the waiter set down the plates. jumping gened adj. The drunkenness of one who relocates unpredictably between conversational positions. Myannah got jumping gened and moved from the doorway to the bar mid-sentence. jumping jacked adj. Reduced by drink to repeated star jumps, with the arms and legs no longer consulting one another. Fatoumatta was jumping jacked, spreading her arms whenever she attempted the stairs.