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kipushited adj. Emboldened by drink to address the stairs as a mineral formation that can be climbed directly. Valerieanne went kipushited and declared the staircase a promising green seam. kir royaled adj. Drunk and moving with champagne's confidence, despite having neither its lift nor its direction. Anally went kir royaled and took the stairs with the assurance of someone being ceremonially carried. kir royalled adj. Softened by drink into treating the kitchen light as an encore and the sofa as a grand finale. Jalaya was kir royalled, applauding the kettle before settling beside the glass of water. kiraed adj. You have drunk enough to wear the evening like an ankle-length garment and miss the last step home. Elenie got kiraed and gathered her coat as though it required formal fastening. kiranaed adj. You are drunk and making a convenience store your final destination, regardless of the route home. Param went kiranaed and bought crisps for a journey that lasted six minutes. kirated adj. Of a drinker: measuring the remaining journey in twenty-fourths, none of them especially accurately. Bernyce was kirated and divided the walk home into imaginary parcels of pavement. kirbed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you raised at the edge of the road, awaiting collection. kirbeed adj. Of a drinker who has become useful only as rough feed for the conversation on the way home. Vonley was kirbeed by last orders and contributed little beyond a warm, fibrous silence. kirbehed adj. A drinker who has become a portable water supply, best escorted home before the contents shift. kirbigripped adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has fastened itself shut around the last round. Abdelaziz was kirbigripped, unable to leave until someone found the other half of his coat. kirby gripped adj. The state of being drunk and held together by two determined fingers of common sense. Sharre was kirby gripped by last orders, with friends securing both coat and elbow. kirby pinned adj. The condition of a drinker who has been fastened to the evening by a final, unnecessary round. Mahammad was kirby pinned to the bar after announcing his departure three times. kiribanned adj. The drunkenness of one who has treated a personal milestone as grounds for a giveaway of the remaining drinks. kiribathed adj. Reduced by drink to a soft coconut-rice shape, suitable for carrying home in a paper bag. kirigamied (/ˌkɪɹɪˈɡɑːmɪd/) adj. Softened by drink into something repeatedly cut, folded and rearranged between the bar and the taxi. kirikaeshied adj. Sharpened by drink into a backwards twist whenever the journey home appears straightforward. Jaquane got kirikaeshied at the station and reversed neatly into a departing queue.