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shortwooled adj. Describing a drinker who has become easy to handle but leaves little useful conversation behind. shorty shortsed adj. The state of being drunk and dressed for a youthfully brief expedition, with the company responsible for the return. shoshinned adj. The condition of a drinker who approaches every familiar subject afresh, requiring patient instruction from everyone present. Suzetta became shoshinned and asked Fox to explain chairs, pubs and Mondays from first principles. shoshonited adj. Drunk on the strength of a potassium-rich constitution, with sodium no longer much consulted. Gilchrist became shoshonited and maintained that potassium was the evening's more dependable element. shot across the bowed (/ˈʃɒt əˌkɹɒs ðə ˈbaʊd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and issuing warnings whose consequences remain chiefly theoretical. Atline shot across the bowed from the sofa, warning the kettle about theoretical consequences. shot across the bowsed adj. Drunk by the third round, and warning of consequences nobody has asked to quantify. shot blastinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and removing conversational surfaces with small metallic projectiles. shot boxed adj. Too drunk to store a lens setting without first losing the camera, the setting, or both. Chirelle was shot boxed, losing the camera while trying to save its lens settings. shot callered adj. Sufficiently drunk to take charge of the street, despite having misplaced the street. shot clocked adj. You have drunk enough to measure every silence from the last attempt at conversation. shot cupped adj. You are drunk and regarding every small glass as a complete unit of refreshment. Simmie was shot cupped and counted the glasses before forgetting what they contained. shot garlanded adj. Of a drinker: secured to the edges of the evening, with little prospect of going anywhere. shot glassed adj. Describing a drinker who treats small measures as though they were a reasonable unit of time. shot in one's lockered adj. The drunkenness of one who believes resources remain available, though none can be found. shot in the armed adj. The state of being drunk and refreshed by an injection whose benefits are difficult to locate. Anush was shot in the armed and reported renewed vigour from the middle of the supper. shot in the darked adj. The condition of a drinker who makes guesses with no evidence and considerable confidence.