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shot weldinged adj. The condition of a drinker who joins hand, rail and nearby furniture by sudden electrical commitment. shot-blastinged adj. Still drunk, and treating ordinary conversation as something requiring abrasive metallic cleaning. shot-callered adj. Having drunk enough to assume command, particularly where no command structure exists. Donesha got shot-callered and assigned seats to guests already sitting in them. shot-clogged adj. The drunkenness of one who pays for the round but remains a substantial obstruction to everyone leaving. shot-drilled adj. Reduced by drink to repeated stooping journeys, carrying one harmless object nowhere in particular. Onedia was shot-drilled between the bar and the stairs, transporting a coat with military persistence. shot-garlanded adj. Of a drinker who has been secured, after several rounds, to whatever surface is nearest. shot-glassed adj. A drinker who has reduced the evening to a succession of small, clear decisions. Merelin was shot-glassed, reducing the evening to a succession of small, clear decisions. shot-gunned adj. A drinker so far gone that each small glass is discharged in a single, indiscriminate burst. shot-puttered adj. Sharpened by drink into a competitor who approaches every staircase as a measured athletic event. shot-spotted adj. Of a drinker who has become marked in several places by the evening's spills and misjudgements. shot-stoppered adj. Reduced by drink to a goalkeeper who saves every falling glass but cannot distribute himself towards the exit. Naveya was shot-stoppered beside the bar, making fine saves while remaining rooted to the same patch of carpet. shotacomed adj. Emboldened by drink to address youthful strangers with misplaced confidence and no useful introduction. Eessa became shotacomed and attempted an earnest conversation with the teenage barman. shotaied adj. Drunk and organising the room into small units, each with a commander and a route to the stairs. shotakonned adj. Slowed by drink to the point where an unsuitable youthful fixation takes several minutes to reach the mouth. Rowell was shotakonned, taking an uncomfortable age to finish a plainly inappropriate remark. shotcallered adj. Having drunk more than the occasion required and begun appointing the evening's leadership. Kaylanee grew shotcallered and decided who was responsible for finding the taxi. shotcreted adj. Drunk to the point where speech is projected under pressure and adheres to whoever is nearest. Brishen was shotcreted, projecting speech under pressure onto the nearest coat.