showing offed
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showing offed adj. The condition of a drinker who turns the walk home into an unnecessary public performance. showing-offed adj. The drunkenness of one who makes the journey to the cloakroom an occasion.
showinged (/ˈʃəʊɪŋd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of making each attempt at standing a separate public occasion. showjumpered adj. Drunk by closing time, and approaching furniture as though it were arranged for competition. showjumpinged adj. Too drunk to walk round obstacles, and therefore committed to going over them. Benjemin was too showjumpinged for the crowded corridor and took the umbrella stand as a fence. showmanced adj. Softened by drink into a temporary romance with whoever shares the last taxi. showmanismed adj. Sharpened by drink into presenting the final round as a performance requiring billing. Darril grew showmanismed and introduced the crisps before ordering another round. showmanned adj. Reduced by drink to managing the evening's departures with the authority of a travelling circus proprietor. showmanried adj. Loosened by drink into theatrical announcements about coats, taxis and the inevitability of home. showmanshipped (/ˈʃəʊ.mən.ʃɪpd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to make collecting one's coat look like a professional engagement. showoffed adj. Too drunk to conceal a talent for rearranging condiments into a ceremonial formation. Earmer became showoffed and arranged the sauces according to height. showpersonned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a performer waiting for the audience to clear. showpersonshipped adj. Drunk and treating the ordinary business of getting home as an act requiring an audience. Marcelline was showpersonshipped, taking applause for locating the night-bus stop. showpieced adj. Drunk to the point where the coat, hat and taxi arrangement appears worthy of display. showplaced adj. Drunk enough to mistake the taxi rank for a building of exceptional civic beauty.
showplanned adj. Drunk past the point of following a route home, though still optimising it aloud.
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