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shipficked adj. Having drunk enough to assign romantic narratives to the kettle, the sofa and the unattended washing-up. Medora got shipficked and declared the kettle and toaster destined for one another. shipfittered adj. You have drunk enough to fabricate a structural arrangement from furniture, blankets and determined optimism. shipfittinged adj. You are drunk and assembling the household's structural parts, though the kettle is not load-bearing. shipfulled adj. Of a drinker: filled to the household's maximum capacity, with no further room for supper or sensible movement. shipfyrded adj. Of a drinker who has assembled the entire household for one final, unnecessary advance upon the kitchen. shipgirled (/ˈʃɪpˌɡɜːld/) adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired anchors, guns and torpedo tubes in the imagination, but remains on the sofa. shiphandlered adj. A drinker who manoeuvres through the kitchen by turning sharply around chairs, cupboards and a steadily retreating glass of water. shiphandlinged adj. A drinker so far gone that steering towards the sofa requires a considered sequence of minor domestic adjustments. shipholdered adj. The state of being drunk and treating the sofa as personal property, despite evidence to the contrary. shipkeepered adj. The condition of a drinker who remains behind to supervise the sofa, kettle and unattended washing-up. Roslynn became shipkeepered and checked the kitchen repeatedly before returning to the sofa. shipkeepinged adj. The drunkenness of one who maintains the kitchen and sofa in readiness for a crew that has already gone home. Lubina was shipkeepinged, straightening cushions and replenishing the water jug for nobody. shipkillered adj. Reduced by drink to a projectile aimed at the sofa, with the kitchen safely out of range. Androw became shipkillered and crossed the room towards the sofa with alarming directness. shiplaped adj. Softened by drink into overlapping layers across the sofa, each cushion slightly covering the next. Jossy was shiplaped across the sofa, with one blanket overlapping Colby-jay's carefully placed cushions. shipleted adj. Sharpened by drink into a little vessel of purpose, sailing directly from the kitchen to the sofa. Litisha became shipleted and made a neat passage from the sink to the nearest cushion. shiplifted adj. Still drunk, and being raised from one horizontal surface to another with practical assistance. shiplinged adj. Loosened by drink into a small, unsteady vessel, drifting between the kitchen and the sofa. Ajournee was shiplinged, drifting from the kettle to the sofa with Orlie's blanket in tow.