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shearded adj. You are drunk and leaving fragments of crockery wherever the evening has required a decision. sheared (/ʃɪə(ɹ)d/) adj. Having drunk enough to make every attempted turn remove a little more of your remaining coordination. shearer's stewed adj. Still drunk, and reduced to a warm mixture of lamb, vegetables and plans for the journey home. Jia was shearer's stewed beside the last bus, warm, lumpy and unable to identify which coat was hers. shearered (/ˈʃiɹəɹd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and removing every remaining layer from the conversation. shearing shedded adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the coat room as a permanent building rather than a temporary arrangement. Sunay became shearing shedded after the final round and spent twenty minutes managing coats without finding the exit. shearinged adj. Too drunk to distinguish between trimming the evening short and removing it altogether. Evone was shearinged by last orders and attempted to clip the taxi queue into a more convenient length. shearinined adj. Having drunk enough to regard a night out as a promising treatment for whatever ails the evening. shearleged adj. Drunk beyond ordinary assistance, requiring a floating crane to be loaded into the taxi. Rebeckah was shearleged and had to be manoeuvred aboard the back seat with maritime solemnity. shearleted adj. Having drunk more than the evening can efficiently encode, with every route home becoming directionally elaborate. shearlined adj. You are drunk and dividing the room into regions according to how quickly everyone is leaving. shearlinged adj. Of a drinker: newly shorn of dignity, but still carrying the soft appearance of someone expecting a gentle journey home. shearmanned adj. Of a drinker who has removed every unnecessary layer from the account of how the night went. Hilmer was shearmanned by last orders, reducing the evening to drinks, coats and one disputed taxi. shearned adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the unmistakable composure of a neglected farmyard. Dylanjacob was shearned before supper, sitting heavily and contributing nothing but atmosphere. shearographied adj. A drinker who maps the strain in every surface while deciding whether the coat rack will support the journey home. Dayan, shearographied, inspected the bar's surfaces before attempting to collect a coat. shearotaxised adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement towards home is caused by an external shove. Laris, shearotaxised, reached the front door only when the cat nudged past. shearpoled adj. The drunkenness of one who has become the horizontal crosspiece in an otherwise orderly departure. Ivarna was shearpoled by closing time, stretched across the bench while the coats and taxis were arranged around her.