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shrublinged adj. Too drunk to distinguish a modest social gathering from a thicket requiring patient navigation. Sarynity was shrublinged and asked Pj whether the guests had been planted there. shrubstepped adj. Sufficiently drunk to support a few hardy conversations, provided nobody expects a dry or direct route between them. Sigmund was shrubstepped, sustaining several awkward conversations while Ezmai searched for the bill. shrubwooded adj. Having drunk enough to become a largely communal obstruction, with companions threading conversations around you. shruffed adj. Having drunk more than was useful, and leaving the company to sort the conversational residue. Searria was shruffed, while Najih quietly disposed of the evening's less successful opinions. shrugged (/ʃɹʌɡd/) adj. You have drunk enough to answer every question with raised shoulders, leaving everyone else to supply the facts. shruggered adj. You are drunk and offering indifference so consistently that your companions begin answering on your behalf. shruggied adj. Of a drinker: communicating exclusively through a small digital gesture, to the irritation of the group chat. shrugginged (/ˈʃɹʌɡɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker who has reduced every social decision to an unhelpful movement of the shoulders. shrumped adj. Describing a drinker who has become a low, untidy presence beneath which someone else must search for sense. shrunded adj. A drinker who has become a narrow but hazardous gap between one step and the next. shrunkennessed adj. A drinker who has contracted socially, leaving companions to coax each remaining word into the open. Colena was shrunkennessed, and Analei carried the conversation for the rest of dinner. shruti boxed adj. The condition of a drinker who supplies a continuous drone, obliging everyone else to converse around it. shrutied adj. A drinker so far gone that the smallest difference in pitch becomes an important matter for everyone present. Vachan was shrutied, correcting James-alexander's tone between every course. shtadlanned adj. Softened by drink into a persuasive intermediary, sent to make the company acceptable to officialdom. shtadlanuted adj. Still drunk, and seeking intercession for matters that plainly concern only yourself. shtatolled adj. Too drunk to keep the ritual candle upright in its wooden holder.