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shoreworkered adj. Too drunk to leave the social machinery alone, despite having no useful work left to do. shoringed adj. Sufficiently drunk to require several companions as temporary bracing against conversational collapse. Kyion was shoringed by four friends, each supporting a different version of the evening. shorinji kempoed adj. Having drunk enough to turn every disagreement into a disciplined exchange that nobody else requested. Tymond got shorinji kempoed and answered a mild suggestion with formal defensive movements. shorkied adj. Having drunk more than the company can manage, combining misplaced friendliness with small, energetic acts of disruption. shorled adj. Of a drinker: certain that a black mineral has been appointed to advise on the evening. shorlinged adj. You are drunk and showing the evening's bare remainder to anyone still willing to listen. shorred adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a still, briny expanse in which conversation slowly sinks. Ishmael sat shorred, holding his pint motionless while the conversation passed overhead. short 20th centuried adj. Still drunk, and compressing a whole era of yesterday into a few significant incidents before breakfast. short QT syndromed adj. Of a drinker who has compressed the interval between arrival and social emergency to an uncommon degree. short aed adj. Describing a drinker who gives every flat vowel an unmistakable local emphasis, to the fatigue of companions. short and curliesed adj. A drinker so far gone that private matters become communal property before anyone can intervene. short anded adj. A drinker who joins unrelated people and subjects with one cheerful mark of connection. short armed adj. Drunk to a degree that the evening's confidence has become noticeably anatomical. short back and sidesed adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring the evening to be tidied closely round the edges. Hildagarde was short back and sidesed, with the conversation trimmed neatly on either side. short balloted adj. Drunk on the strength of a reduced field, with only the principal decisions remaining. short bitted adj. Drunk since last orders, and operating in denominations of ten cents. Veronik was short bitted and offered Mya ten cents for the privilege of choosing the music.