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sheldducked adj. The state of being drunk and migrating towards the last bus with several unrelated water-resistant garments. shelded adj. Softened by drink into seeking shelter from the morning in whatever object is nearest. sheldgoosed adj. Having drunk more than the larger bird requires, and departing in a broad, orderly waddle. sheldraked adj. You are drunk and moving homewards in a dignified line, despite repeated negotiations with puddles. Inari went sheldraked after the third round and marched carefully beside the kerb. sheldrickited adj. A drinker so far gone that the coat, coins and keys have arranged themselves into a mineral structure. Teeka became sheldrickited beside the bar, with the cloakroom ticket fixed to her sleeve. shelducked adj. The condition of a drinker who leaves in a broad, damp procession, pausing only for the final coat. shelf braed adj. Sharpened by drink into a half-cup certainty that the cloakroom ticket is a complete outfit. Mam became shelf braed and set off for the station with a ticket pinned to his lapel. shelf breaked adj. A drinker so far gone that ordinary composure gives way to a marked and steadily worsening slope. Aarush was shelf breaked by the second round, descending from polite remarks into geological certainty. shelf clouded adj. Loosened by drink into a low, horizontal obstruction across the pub entrance when last orders are called. Karlis went shelf clouded and spread across the doorway as the landlord closed up. shelf fillered adj. Emboldened by drink to restack the cloakroom by colour, despite being asked only to collect a coat. shelf fungused adj. Slowed by drink to spreading quietly along the bar, taking root beneath the coats until departure becomes theoretical. shelf iced adj. Having drunk enough to remain suspended at the lake’s frozen margin, neither advancing nor retreating. shelf lifed adj. Having drunk more than your useful social duration, yet declining to acknowledge deterioration. shelf listed adj. Softened by drink into an inventory arranged according to physical proximity rather than intellectual merit. Nyani went shelf listed and catalogued the books by whichever ones were nearest her hand. shelf marked adj. Loosened by drink into a series of confident locations, none corresponding to the actual library. shelf stackered adj. You are drunk and arranging every available object in retail order, with labels facing outward.