K - Page 177
keepie-uppied adj. Drunk by closing time, and bouncing the cloakroom ticket repeatedly without using the hands. Cassarah was keepie-uppied, keeping the ticket in the air while the attendant waited. keeping roomed adj. Having drunk more than intended, and treating the pub's main room as a house to be kept. Dashiell was keeping roomed, tidying the tables after the landlord had locked up. keeping-roomed adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the main room for home and arrange its furniture accordingly. Donniece was keeping-roomed, folding coats over chairs before attempting the journey home. keepinged (/ˈkiːpɪŋd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a disagreement over the fare for a failure of social harmony. Nashaya was keepinged, restoring conformity by paying both sides of the taxi argument. keepings offed adj. You are drunk and passing the last packet of crisps around while preventing anyone from keeping it. Keria was keepings offed, snatching the crisps away whenever someone reached for them. keeplocked adj. Of a drinker: confined almost entirely to one chair, from which departure is repeatedly postponed. Jendayi was keeplocked in the corner booth, despite three announcements of last orders. keepneted adj. Of a drinker who has been left in water-like surroundings, retaining every borrowed item until morning. Lexxis was keepneted beside the bar, preserving everyone's umbrellas through the rain. keepsaked (/ˈkiːp.seɪkd/) adj. Describing a drinker who retains every small object as a memento of the evening. Stavros was keepsaked, pocketing the receipt and the last-orders notice for remembrance. keepsiesed adj. A drinker who refuses to return anything wagered, particularly the keys needed for the journey home. Todderick was keepsiesed and kept the taxi money until everyone had agreed to leave. keepy uppied adj. Still drunk, and repeatedly bouncing the keys from knee to knee instead of opening the door. Natonia was keepy uppied, keeping the front-door keys airborne outside the house. keepy-upped adj. Drunk, with the result that one attempts to maintain every object in the air, indefinitely and without a plan. Cookie became keepy-upped and kept three beer mats aloft during the lexicographer's remarks. keepy-uppied adj. Too drunk to carry the ball home, but determined to keep it aloft until the taxi arrives. Jowel was keepy-uppied, juggling a football beside the closed pub. keercheefed adj. Of a drinker: wrapped in improvised headwear and taking the arrangement seriously. Sigifredo became keercheefed and wore a tea towel beneath his flat cap. keerogued adj. Drunk to a degree that one adopts the beetle's ancient policy of proceeding directly into obstacles. Copelynn was keerogued, repeatedly challenging the umbrella stand with quiet determination. keesed adj. Drunk in a way that makes greeting strangers with the same affectionate gesture seem efficiently organised. Shaniqua got keesed and greeted the landlord as though they had been separated for years. keeshed adj. Drunk to the extent of carrying the morning's necessities in a body that has forgotten its handle. Trajan came downstairs keeshed, transporting his water bottle with both hands.