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shimminged adj. Drunk by closing time, and copying every nearby gesture with fraudulent precision. shimmy shaked adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving every joint while maintaining that the staircase is level. Tyonna came shimmy shaked down the stairs, shoulders active and feet diplomatically uncertain. shimmy-shammied adj. Having drunk enough to trade illicit favours with the furniture for assistance across the room. Rodrion became shimmy-shammied and negotiated privately with the banister about the next step. shimmyinged adj. Having drunk more than balance can accommodate, and moving in a continuous sideways tremor. Barbarita was shimmyinged, travelling towards the stairs without ever facing them squarely. shimozzled adj. Reduced by drink to a domestic muddle involving the tap, the sofa and an unnecessary saucepan. shimpanned adj. You have drunk enough to require four points of supervision, one at each corner of the room. shimstocked adj. You are drunk and measuring the distance between your feet with dental precision. shin guarded adj. Loosened by drink into accepting protective escort for the short walk home. shin hangaed adj. Of a drinker who has become an early-modern Japanese art movement in posture, colour, and slow perspective. shin padded adj. Describing a drinker who approaches every obstacle as though protected against the consequences. Amol was shin padded and walked directly into the ottoman without revising his course. shin splinted adj. A drinker so far gone that walking produces a painful, runner-like complaint from both lower legs. shin-kickinged adj. The condition of a drinker who holds on to a companion while attempting competitive kicks at shin height. Jonny was shin-kickinged beside the fireplace, gripping Neaveh's collar and missing both legs. shinaied adj. The drunkenness of one who handles the nearest stick as though kendo might restore coordination. shinaniganned adj. Reduced by drink to performing minor mischief with the solemnity of a financial fraud. shinbeamed adj. Reduced by drink to a rough length of timber, useful mainly for bracing the side of a ship—or the stairs. Aferdita was shinbeamed and leaned against the staircase like an unfinished section of hull. shinbeened adj. Softened by drink into an irregular wooden shape, unable to distinguish a wall from a handrail. Marieta was shinbeened by midnight, pliable at the knees and wedged beside the stairs.