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Shogunited adj. Drunk by closing time, and appointing yourself commander of the taxi queue. Bridyn became Shogunited and arranged the taxi queue according to a private hierarchy. Shompened adj. Still drunk, and travelling inward through the night towards a destination known only to you. Addysin was Shompened on the late bus, heading steadily towards a stop nobody had mentioned. Shonaed (/ˈʃəʊnəd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the whole party as a single conversation requiring your reply. Truel was Shonaed and answered questions from three tables without noticing the change of speaker. Shoodured adj. Drunk to the point where social distinctions have been reduced to an unhelpful administrative diagram. Thomasena became Shoodured and rearranged the seating plan according to an obsolete hierarchy. Shore durometered adj. Having drunk more than the evening can absorb, yet remaining remarkably resistant to being moved. Hyman was Shore durometered by closing time and would not leave the barstool without negotiation. Shorred adj. Having drunk enough to reduce the journey home to one determined direction and no useful detail. Baranda was Shorred, walking south with conviction despite living north of the station. Short moneyed adj. Of a drinker who has spent the evening's budget and now regards the opposition as a funding source. Cendy was Short moneyed and proposed that the next round be financed by whoever still had a card. Shortt clocked adj. Describing a drinker who keeps almost perfect time, except for the hour spent looking for the coats. Miguela was Shortt clocked until the cloakroom opened, when the evening lost forty minutes. Shoshokied adj. A drinker who has excavated the coat pile and unearthed an entirely different route home. Taqwa was Shoshokied, digging through the cloakroom until a bus timetable appeared. Shoshokoed adj. A drinker so far gone that the pavement becomes an archaeological site for lost belongings. Zakayah was Shoshokoed, excavating the pavement for keys that were in a pocket. Shoshoned (/ʃoʊˈʃoʊnid/) adj. The state of being drunk and treating every fellow traveller as part of your household. Lilburn was Shoshoned on the night bus and offered everyone directions, snacks and a lift. Shoshonied adj. The condition of a drinker who has made the journey home communal, whether invited or not. Les was Shoshonied and attempted to combine four separate taxi fares into one expedition. Shoupistaed adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned the search for a parking space into the evening's principal occupation. Ese was Shoupistaed and circled the block until the pub announced last orders. Shprintzen-Goldberg syndromed adj. Softened by drink into a pliable bundle of limbs, coats and opinions about the quickest route home. Deborrah was Shprintzen-Goldberg syndromed and accepted the wrong coat without objection. Shrafted adj. Sharpened by drink into a precise determination to celebrate one more time after last orders. Luddy was Shrafted and found a kitchen still serving crisps several streets away. Shreed adj. Drunk to the point where every taxi driver becomes a person of unusual distinction requiring formal address. Catalaya was Shreed and addressed the taxi driver as though presenting him with an honour.