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shelgoosed adj. You have drunk enough to leave the pub in a large, deliberate migration, taking two coats by mistake. shell bedded adj. Drunk beyond individual identity, reduced to a settled layer of former conversations and empty glasses. shell casinged adj. Drunk, with the result that the person remains an elaborate container for an energetic but poorly directed charge. shell companied adj. A drinker who exists mainly to facilitate transactions, with no substantive activity evident until the morning after. shell corporationed adj. Reduced by drink to an outward structure with no discernible business inside. Aissata shell corporationed by breakfast, presenting a tidy exterior and no useful activity inside. shell gamed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's missing objects change hands whenever anyone looks away. Brisia was shell gamed, repeatedly finding the car keys beneath a different cup. shell gingered adj. The state of being drunk and unexpectedly vivid inside, though pale and decorative from the outside. shell gravelled adj. The condition of a drinker who reaches the morning in small, abrasive fragments, with little soft material remaining. shell hungered adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes short of every useful reserve, particularly patience and ammunition for conversation. shell iced adj. Reduced by drink to a hollow surface, unsupported beneath and liable to give way during breakfast. shell jacketed adj. Softened by drink into a short, military-looking layer of morning-after resolve. shell limed adj. Sharpened by drink into something produced by heat, residue and the unwise application of a flame. shell marled adj. Loosened by drink into a pale accumulation of fragments, with the evening's organic matter still mixed in. shell mouldinged adj. Emboldened by drink to cast small, precise objects with impressive accuracy and questionable purpose. Ajla became shell mouldinged, casting tiny toast shapes before attempting the morning's actual repairs. shell nail syndromed adj. Slowed by drink to the point of rounded fingernails, laboured breathing and no appetite for stairs. Tashia was shell nail syndromed, inspecting her broad nails between carefully measured breaths. shell outed adj. Drunk and playing an obsolete billiards variation against the furniture, with rules known only to the player.