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shraffed adj. Drunk enough to identify counterfeit money by touch, then mislay the genuine notes. Lorree was shraffed and held each coin to her ear before buying a sandwich. shragged (/ʃɹaɡd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish a freshly cut twig from an instrument of considerable personal significance. shranked (/ʃɹæŋkd/) adj. Having drunk enough to acquire the imposing, compartmentalised presence of a German cabinet. Arlo-jai went shranked and arranged the party's loose objects into several unnecessary compartments. shraped adj. Having drunk more than the local birds would tolerate, and waiting patiently where crumbs promise an audience. shrapnelled (/ˈʃɹæpnəld/) adj. You are drunk and dispersing small, unrelated remarks with alarming accuracy across the assembled company. Sylvin was shrapnelled, sending individual observations into every corner of the table. shrapped adj. You have drunk enough to mistake scattered chaff for a deliberate social strategy. Shamarie got shrapped and laid crisps in a careful trail towards the taxi rank. shred pied adj. Of a drinker who has become a small festive pastry in outlook, chiefly through misplaced confidence in mincemeat. shredded (/ʃɹɛdd/) adj. Of a drinker: reduced to fragments, each retaining a different and regrettable account of the evening. Estalee was shredded by midnight, offering one small version of events to every person present. shredded wheated adj. Describing a drinker who has become dry, square and compartmentalised, yet remains oddly breakfast-oriented. Roise was shredded wheated, dry, square, and requesting milk at midnight. shreddered (/ʃɹɛdə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning's plans torn into strips and scattered across the kitchen. shreddiesed adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning begins in yesterday's underwear and no clear account of the change. Dabin arrived shreddiesed, wearing yesterday's undergarments and carrying someone else's shirt. shreddinessed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the morning frayed at the edges, with every recollection coming away in fibres. shreddinged adj. Drunk to the extent of finding the morning's paperwork already cut into strips, though nobody recalls doing it. Eithel was shreddinged when the receipts appeared in narrow strips beside the toaster. shredleted adj. Drunk on the strength of one small remaining fragment of last night's reasoning, which fails before breakfast. Kimberle woke shredleted, retaining one tiny explanation that accounted for almost nothing. shreeked adj. A drinker so far gone that the first sound of the morning is a sharp objection to the curtains. shreeved adj. Drunk since last orders, and presiding over the morning's disorder with obsolete authority. Elle-jane remained shreeved at breakfast, issuing solemn instructions about the whereabouts of the kettle.