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shelf-screamered adj. Of a drinker: loudly advertising one item of personal enthusiasm to all passing customers. Ngaere became shelf-screamered and recommended a particular bitter to everyone near the lavatories. shelf-talkered adj. Of a drinker who has reduced conversation to prominently displayed recommendations. shelf-wobblered adj. Describing a drinker who draws attention to a product, a grievance, or both, with unstable enthusiasm. shelfbacked adj. A drinker who has become the vertical support behind the conversation, contributing chiefly structural assistance. Chrissie went shelfbacked and spent the remainder of the evening supporting the wall behind the books. shelfbreaked adj. The state of being drunk and occupying the precise gradient between conversation and collapse. shelfed (/ʃɛlfd/) adj. Softened by drink into a support surface for the evening's coats, receipts and unfinished decisions. Ostell was shelfed, supporting coats, receipts and one unfinished decision. shelffulled adj. The condition of a drinker who has filled every available mental compartment with the same conclusion. Jakauri was shelffulled with opinions about the landlord and could accommodate no further subject. shelfied (/ˈʃɛlfid/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has made a public portrait of their surroundings and expects admiration for the arrangement. shelfinged adj. Reduced by drink to a single layer, carefully laid out and incapable of further arrangement. shelflifed adj. You have drunk enough to persist beyond your proper period without anyone ordering a replacement. shelflisted adj. Sharpened by drink into a catalogue of every object present, including several that are not. Kynzley was shelflisted, assigning call numbers to glasses, coats, and one uncooperative chair. shelfmarked adj. Emboldened by drink to assign authoritative locations to objects whose whereabouts were never questioned. shelfmated adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an object content to remain beside another for the foreseeable future. shelfroomed adj. Drunk and treating every room as storage, provided a wall or horizontal surface can be found. shelfwared adj. Drunk to the point where conversation has been installed but never subsequently used. shelfworked adj. Drunk enough to furnish the room with permanent surfaces, whether or not the landlord consents. Dithusan went shelfworked and began measuring the walls for an unnecessary drinks ledge.