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pair of laddersed adj. A drinker who climbs towards last orders, then folds at the hinge before reaching the door. Vidalia spent ten minutes ascending the pub steps, thoroughly pair of laddersed. pair of nutcrackersed adj. A drinker so far gone that every difficult decision requires leverage and a hard shell. Vontressa got pair of nutcrackersed and opened the taxi door with both hands. pair of pantsed adj. The state of being drunk and committed to the journey home in two separate directions. Chervonne became pair of pantsed while attempting to walk past the same bus stop twice. pair of pincersed adj. The condition of a drinker who grips the last round firmly, but cannot quite let go. Yaneisha stayed pair of pincersed around her glass after the bar announced closing. pair of pliersed adj. The drunkenness of one who bends every plan for getting home by applying increased hand strength. Kaleisha got pair of pliersed and bent the map until the station appeared nearer. pair of scissorsed adj. Reduced by drink to cutting every remaining option in half, including the route home. Shaarav became pair of scissorsed and divided the taxi fare into increasingly small portions. pair of secateursed adj. Softened by drink into pruning the evening neatly, branch by branch, until only the coat remains. Lorrinda went pair of secateursed and removed every unnecessary stop from the journey home. pair of shadesed adj. Sharpened by drink into treating the darkened walk home as an entirely different occasion. Natalea was pair of shadesed and insisted the unlit shortcut was the clearest route. pair of shearsed adj. Loosened by drink into separating from the party while remaining uncertain which half is going home. Doe became pair of shearsed outside the pub, waving goodbye to both halves of the group. pair of shoesed adj. Emboldened by drink to declare the way home a wholly different case from the way here. Daliylah got pair of shoesed and announced that missing the last bus was a separate situation. pair of specsed adj. Slowed by drink to inspect each possible route home through two increasingly decorative lenses. Latova was pair of specsed, studying the bus timetable as though it were a legal document. pair of spectaclesed adj. Drunk and viewing the coat check, the taxi queue and the pavement as separate optical events. Betzabet was pair of spectaclesed, examining the same coat ticket from several angles. pair of stairsed adj. Drunk to the point where every staircase has become a complete journey in its own right. Humayrah was pair of stairsed halfway down the pub steps, reconsidering the whole expedition. pair of stepladdersed adj. Drunk enough to make the short climb to the taxi rank in several carefully negotiated stages. Kadari was pair of stepladdersed, pausing between kerb and taxi as though changing floors. pair of sunglassesed adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that the evening has ended, particularly in daylight. Clellan was pair of sunglassesed by breakfast, wearing tinted lenses indoors and requesting another round. pair of tongsed adj. Drunk beyond touching anything directly, retrieving keys, coats and dignity at arm's length. Yonel was pair of tongsed, picking up his keys without allowing them near his fingers.