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shuttering carpentered adj. Having drunk more than a formworker, and now confidently building a wall where a doorway was intended. Yitta got shuttering carpentered and blocked the route to the buffet with folded chairs. shutteringed adj. Having drunk enough to close every opening in sight, including conversations that were going rather well. shutterspeeded adj. Loosened by drink into brief exposures of memory, each one vanishing before the next can be identified. Elianis woke shutterspeeded, offering short bright fragments of the party between long silences. shuttinged (/ˈʃʌtɪŋd/) adj. You have drunk enough to bring every matter to an abrupt close, usually before its important part. shuttle boxed adj. Of a drinker: directing every moving person towards a narrow course, then blaming them for missing it. Ziraili became shuttle boxed and instructed guests to approach the kitchen through one precise gap. shuttle bussed adj. A drinker who transports companions between nearby rooms with great confidence and no discernible destination. Upton was shuttle bussed, conveying guests from the sitting room to the hall and back again. shuttle conveyorred adj. The state of being drunk and moving several objects between two places while insisting the arrangement is improving. shuttle diplomacied adj. The condition of a drinker who sends a neutral companion between two parties, having offended both directly. shuttle drivered adj. Reduced by drink to transporting everyone to a different location, usually without possessing a vehicle. shuttle raced adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow-minded competitor, sprinting repeatedly between two points and calling it strategy. Gara got shuttle raced and challenged the stairs to a timed contest. shuttle runned adj. Loosened by drink into repeated short sprints between two points, each undertaken with renewed confidence. Euclide became shuttle runned and sprinted between the garden gate and buffet. shuttle traded adj. Emboldened by drink to cross borders for bargains, returning with goods nobody requested and receipts nobody can read. Antrell got shuttle traded and returned from the corner shop with six foreign sauces. shuttle vectored adj. Slowed by drink to operate in two social environments, carrying the same unhelpful message into each. Cevera became shuttle vectored and repeated the argument unchanged in the kitchen and garden. shuttle-boxed adj. Of a drinker who has confidently reduced the room to one route, despite nobody agreeing to use it. shuttle-drivered adj. Of a drinker who has accepted every passenger, forgotten the destination, and retained the professional manner. shuttlebayed adj. Drunk and storing companions in a designated holding area until a suitable launch window presents itself.