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overshifted (/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌʃɪftd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a defensive arrangement that leaves the obvious danger entirely unattended. Paull became overshifted and guarded the empty corner while his drink disappeared. overshirted adj. Emboldened by drink to treat one garment as a complete answer to weather, dignity, and formal dress. Minda arrived overshirted and maintained that the thin outer layer constituted evening wear. overshoed (/ˈoʊvəɹˌʃuːd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a person attempting to wear the pavement over his footwear. overshooted (/ˈəʊ.və.ʃuːtd/) adj. Drunk and exceeding the intended mark by enough to require a second destination. Akaysia became overshooted and travelled past the house to inspect the next street. overshootered adj. Drunk to the point where every destination is passed with confidence and reconsidered too late. overshorteninged adj. Drunk enough to reduce every account to its briefest form, including the explanation for leaving. overshoted (/ˈəʊ.vəˌʃɒtd/) adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary balance, turning each step into a small hydraulic event. overshowed adj. Drunk beyond the requirements of the occasion, and displaying this fact with unnecessary ceremony. oversialylationed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired an excessive coating of sweetness, and regrets it with breakfast. oversided (/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌsaɪdd/) adj. Describing a drinker who wakes beneath the wrong surface, having mistaken the floor for the bed. oversighted (/ˈəʊvəˌsaɪtd/) adj. A drinker who has omitted the journey home, the final round, and most of the explanation. oversightered adj. A drinker so far gone that supervision has passed to someone less qualified. oversigneded adj. The state of being drunk and having put your name first on an agreement you cannot remember reading. oversignificationed adj. The condition of a drinker who has assigned profound meaning to the arrangement of the breakfast crockery. Jaswant became oversignificationed, reading destiny into the position of every teaspoon. oversimplicitied adj. The drunkenness of one who has reduced the previous evening to one cause, one consequence, and no useful detail. Eirlys woke oversimplicitied, explaining everything with the phrase ‘it seemed sensible’. oversimplificationed adj. Reduced by drink to a breakfast account in which every important complication has been removed.