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shingle oaked adj. The condition of a drinker who has become firmly rooted at the pub despite repeated taxi proposals. shinglebacked adj. The drunkenness of one who retreats from the taxi while presenting the wrong end to everyone. shingled (/ˈʃɪŋ.ɡəld/) adj. A drinker so far gone that each new round lies over the previous one without improving the structure. shinglered adj. Softened by drink into a person willing to cover every available surface with borrowed coats. shinglinged adj. Sharpened by drink into covering the departure route with successive layers of excuses. shinguarded adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge the coatroom queue and claim an unlabelled garment. shinhoppled adj. Slowed by drink to a gentle hobble, particularly between the bar and the taxi rank. shini-taied adj. Drunk and crushed beneath the shared collapse of an argument about who ordered the last round. shinied (/ˈʃaɪ.nid/) adj. Sharpened by drink into noticing every glinting object left behind by the evening. shinigamied (/ˌʃɪn.ɪˈɡɑːmid/) adj. Drunk to the point where last orders acquire the quiet inevitability of an official ending. Galileah was shinigamied at the bar, accepting the end of the evening without appeal. shininessed adj. Drunk enough to reflect the pub lights conspicuously while waiting for the journey home. shining firmossed adj. Of a drinker: botanically inconspicuous, yet flourishing in dim woodland conditions after several pints. shining onessed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired, after drink, a celestial retinue of several poorly explained attendants. Rajaa arrived shining onessed, introducing every member of the choir to the doorman. shining tubeshouldered adj. Describing a drinker who has become luminous, streamlined, and faintly piscine in the Pacific manner. Marilene spent the reception shining tubeshouldered, gliding between tables with marine efficiency. shininged (/ˈʃaɪnɪŋd/) adj. Drunk past the point of leaving quietly, giving off a small, persistent gleam at the taxi rank. shiningnessed adj. A drinker who has acquired an undue brightness, with no corresponding improvement in judgement.