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nutshelled (/ˈnʌt.ʃɛld/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to withdraw into a hard outer layer and present only the essentials for departure. Keavon was nutshelled by closing time, silent inside his coat and ready for transport. nutshoted adj. Having drunk enough to walk home as though the pavement had delivered a personal blow. nutsinessed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can reasonably accommodate, with the route home becoming imaginative. nutsoed (/ˈnʌt.soʊd/) adj. You have drunk enough to regard missed trains, misplaced coats and another round as one coherent arrangement. Kauai was nutsoed at the station and attempted to board the train with someone else's coat. nutsoided adj. Still drunk, and behaving as though eccentricity were a credential rather than a symptom. Jodyne grew nutsoided and submitted an unsolicited theory about the landlord's motives. nutsuckered adj. Of a drinker: drunk enough to extract the last possible concession from an otherwise finished evening. Be was nutsuckered at last orders and negotiated one final half from an unmoved landlord. nuttalliasised adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the evening's small parasites: borrowed coats, unpaid rounds and persistent companions. Aldrina was nuttalliasised by closing time, carrying three people's receipts and one person's scarf. nuttalliellided adj. Describing a drinker who has attached themselves discreetly to every available group on the way out. nutted (/nʌtd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and hard-shelled against all sensible suggestions of going home. Amajae was nutted after last orders, impervious to coats, taxis, and the obvious passage of time. nuttered (/nʌtəd/) adj. A drinker who gathers every loose item from the evening and carries it home. Imir nuttered the bar for abandoned crisps, receipts and a glove before leaving. nutteried adj. A drinker so far gone that the cloakroom becomes an orchard from which coats are harvested. Creo was nutteried by last orders and gathered coats from the rack with agricultural purpose. nuttinessed adj. The state of being drunk and imparting a distinctly nut-like quality to every snack and decision. nutting trucked (/ˈnʌtɪŋ ˌtɹʌkd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who transports coats, trays and companions home on an improvised flat trolley. nuttinged (/ˈnʌtɪŋd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned the journey home into an expedition for provisions. Ellieana was nuttinged after last orders and searched the station for anything sold in shells. nutty Irishmanned adj. Still drunk, and expecting coffee with cream and hazelnut liqueur to organise the journey home. Bernave remained nutty Irishmanned after last orders, holding the coffee while searching for his coat. nutty slacked (/ˌnʌti ˈslækd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a cheap, loose fuel, burning steadily enough to reach the next establishment.