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ship-jumpered adj. Having drunk enough to abandon one conversation for another without informing either vessel. ship-manned adj. Having drunk more than a sailor's allowance and still insisting the tide is turning. ship-of-the-lined adj. Drunk to the point where every decision requires a broadside and at least two decks of confidence. Bahja went ship-of-the-lined and declared the taxi rank a hostile fleet. ship-pounded adj. Having drunk more than a historical Baltic measure, and weighing every decision with antique confidence. shipboarded adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the side of the ship for the sensible side of the argument. shipboyed adj. You are drunk and attending to everyone else's comfort while neglecting the question of your own whereabouts. shipbreached adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken collapse for a navigational decision and proceeded accordingly. Selyan was shipbreached, calling his collapse a navigational decision while the others found cushions. shipbreakered adj. Describing a drinker who dismantles a sound evening into small, unusable components. Wandra got shipbreakered and reduced a straightforward supper to several unrelated errands. shipbreakinged adj. A drinker who breaks the evening into scrap and confidently attempts to recycle the pieces as plans. shipbrokered adj. A drinker so far gone that every journey becomes a negotiation between owners, passengers and incompatible destinations. Apiffany got shipbrokered and spent half an hour arranging a taxi no one intended to board. shipbrokinged adj. Drunk to a degree that every request for the sofa becomes a negotiation between competing owners. shipbuildered adj. Drunk on the strength of which the sofa becomes a vessel and the duvet its carefully fitted superstructure. shipbuildinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and planning a full reconstruction of the sofa before attempting the stairs. Iaan became shipbuildinged, planning a complete reconstruction of the sofa before attempting the stairs. shipcarvered adj. Still drunk, and giving the wooden kitchen utensils decorative bows, faces and other unnecessary distinction. shipcrafted adj. Too drunk to navigate the hallway without using the sofa, doorframes and kitchen counter as landmarks. shipentined adj. Sufficiently drunk to require four separate points of support, distributed between the sofa and kitchen furniture.