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shark finned adj. Too drunk to move directly, circling the room with only the uppermost part of your intentions visible. Georgey was shark finned, circling the room while friends displayed only the visible intentions. shark netted adj. You have drunk enough to require a perimeter before attempting the shallow waters of the journey home. shark rayed adj. You are drunk and shaped for a slow, flat passage beneath the surface of the remaining conversation. Montrelle went shark rayed after the final round and slid beneath every attempted farewell. shark weeked adj. Of a drinker: periodically unavailable, irritable, and best approached with snacks during the journey home. Robney was shark weeked on the journey home, unavailable, irritable and best approached with crisps. shark's toothed adj. Of a drinker who has made the last staircase an obstacle course requiring unusual equestrian judgement. shark-baited adj. Drunk by the third round, and conspicuously available to anything predatory in the taxi queue. Treveon became shark-baited by ten and followed the brightest sign towards the station. shark-finned adj. Sufficiently drunk to keep one rigid point above the surface while the rest of the evening disappears beneath it. Jennife shark-finned above the duvet, one rigid knee visible while the rest of the morning disappeared. shark-gulled adj. Describing a drinker who has become an easy mark for every confident suggestion after the pub closes. Leteshia was shark-gulled after closing, accepting every confident suggestion about the route home. sharkdomed adj. A drinker who has entered a private collective world of fins, tides, and unanimous onward motion. Ronreaco became sharkdomed after last orders and led the group towards the river. sharked (/ʃɑːkd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that gives the room a cartilaginous, predatory stillness while you circle the bar. Emy-rose went sharked and completed three slow circuits before approaching the cloakroom. sharkered adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey home depends on negotiations nobody believes. sharketted adj. The state of being drunk and efficiently extractive, particularly where unattended drinks remain on tables. sharkfinned adj. Having drunk enough to become a single dorsal intention moving slowly towards the last available seat. sharkied adj. Drunk to the extent of arriving as a hot, dry wind that scatters plans for getting home. sharkinged adj. The condition of a drinker who conducts the evening by circling, taking opportunities, and avoiding direct commitments. sharkleted (/ˈʃɑɹklɪtd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has become small, young, and determined to follow the largest person home.