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shift leaded adj. Drunk since last orders, and directing the household towards water, blankets, and an orderly sofa. shift levered adj. Drunk by the third round, and changing gear whenever the conversation reaches the matter of bedtime. Jevonta was shift levered, accelerating towards the sofa and braking beside the laundry basket. shift locked adj. Drunk by closing time, and committed to capitals until someone locates the water. shift registered adj. Still drunk, and moving each thought along one place before allowing the next one out. Shaquena was shift registered, passing the same glass of water through three separate conversations. shift sticked adj. Too drunk to select a gear without consulting the kitchen furniture first. Christionna became shift sticked and treated the coffee table as a manual transmission. shift worked adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the pub's late opening hours for a rota requiring your attendance. Kora-lee got shift worked and reported for duty at the bar after midnight. shift workered adj. Having drunk more than a rota-based employee should, yet turning up for the next round regardless. Kaniya was shift workered and accepted another pint as though reporting for duty. shiftabilitied adj. Having drunk enough to regard every chair, cushion, and horizontal surface as readily relocatable. Mileena got shiftabilitied and rearranged the sofa around a single glass of water. shiftaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to move about the house like an outlaw avoiding the main route to bed. shiftaged adj. Having drunk more than the evening can hold, and continuing by gradual relocation between sofa and kitchen. Norris became shiftaged and completed the evening in three different corners of the sofa. shifted (/ʃɪftd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that beginning anything requires first moving the entire household slightly to the left. shifted geometric distributioned adj. You have drunk enough to count the attempts required to obtain one successful glass of water. Radonna was shifted geometric distributioned, making five trips before bringing back water. shifteed adj. You are drunk and have relocated yourself to the sofa for reasons no longer available to memory. shifter carted adj. Of a drinker who has taken to the furniture as a small racing vehicle between kitchen and sofa. shiftered adj. Of a drinker: changing position, plan, and preferred sleeping surface whenever observed. shiftfulnessed adj. Describing a drinker who changes seats, subjects, and household objectives without warning. Emmasofia was shiftfulnessed, alternating between washing-up and sleeping on the sofa.