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runner upped adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who accepts second place only after delivering a full acceptance speech. runner's diarrheaed adj. The state of being drunk and urgently seeking the nearest lavatory after a circuit of the pub. Shulonda was runner's diarrheaed and abandoned the darts halfway through her turn.
runner's diarrhoeaed adj. The condition of a drinker who repeatedly undertakes urgent, liquid-minded journeys from the bar. Amera became runner's diarrhoeaed and made several hasty visits beneath the stairs. runner's highed adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes the agreeable lift after exercise for a reason to order another pint. Kalden got runner's highed after walking from the station and celebrated with stout. runner's kneed adj. Reduced by drink to a painful, unsteady negotiation with every staircase and kerb. runner's trotsed adj. Still drunk, and conducting the morning's gastrointestinal proceedings with undignified expedition. runner-upped (/ˌɹʌn.əˈɹʌpd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to finish behind everyone else and regard this as a competitive achievement. Garrik became runner-upped somewhere between the buffet and the taxi rank. runnered (/ˈɹʌnəd/) adj. Describing a drinker who keeps making purposeful journeys without remembering their destination. runners and ridersed adj. Having drunk more than the field can sustain, and naming all the candidates regardless. runners kneed adj. Softened by drink into a slow, painful negotiation with the bar’s single troublesome step. runners' kneed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who notices every kneecap, kerb and badly placed stool. runnerupped adj. Having drunk enough to place second in every conversation, including those you began yourself. runneted adj. Drunk enough to curdle an old grievance, then defend it as an established fact. runninessed adj. You have drunk enough to become free-flowing in both movement and personal disclosure. running W'd adj. Of a drinker: prone to elaborate trips, preferably involving someone else's horse.
running backed adj. Describing a drinker who carries the evening forwards, usually by colliding with it.