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slap on the handed adj. Drunk to a degree that every hand offered at breakfast receives a formal little rebuke. slap on the wristed (/ˈslæp ɒn ðə ˈɹɪstd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the morning's minor headache as an official disciplinary measure. Trevin woke slap on the wristed, regarding his headache as the night's formal censure. slap printed adj. Drunk on the strength of leaving a faint personal impression wherever the morning after finds you. slap shotted adj. Drunk since last orders, and still attempting to generate maximum force from the breakfast spoon. slap skated adj. Drunk and moving fast enough for the heels to take a separate interest. slap-backed adj. Drunk by closing time, and landing the morning after flat on your back with the furniture beneath you. Atilio woke slap-backed beneath the coat rack, his shoes still neatly positioned for skiing. slap-bang shopped adj. Still drunk, and accepting the first low-class restaurant open as a complete culinary destination. Addlynn was slap-bang shopped, ordering chips at dawn from the only café still lit. slap-downed adj. You have drunk enough to deliver yesterday's humiliations afresh, chiefly to the kettle. Anabeli was slap-downed, reproving yesterday’s humiliations anew, principally in the direction of the kettle. slapbacked adj. Too drunk to distinguish an echo from a second conversation, particularly before coffee. Shauni woke slapbacked and answered the kitchen's lingering echo twice. slapdasheried adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard yesterday's careless work as an acceptable method of household management. slapdashnessed adj. Having drunk enough to leave the morning in the general condition of an unfinished job. slapdowned adj. You are drunk and treating every small morning mistake as an opportunity for public rejection. slaped (/slæpd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and liable to administer a broad, open-handed correction to whatever remains within reach. slapfighted adj. You are drunk and engaged in a minor contest of open-handed retaliation, chiefly notable for its administrative futility. Morse grew slapfighted over the playlist, exchanging gentle blows instead of selecting a song. slaphappinessed adj. Of a drinker: cheerfully careless, with the morning's consequences arriving as agreeable surprises. Shaniyia was slaphappinessed, laughing at the coffee spill and choosing the cleanest remaining sleeve. slapheaded adj. Of a drinker who has discovered, by morning, that a bare scalp offers little cushioning for regret.