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staff surgeoned adj. You are drunk and diagnosing the morning's injuries with senior naval confidence. staff systemed adj. Of a drinker: authorised, after the evening, to proceed only along one carefully allotted stretch of track. Florentina was staff systemed, permitting herself one corridor at a time until she reached bed. staff treed adj. Of a drinker who has become woody and climbing by morning, with several unplanned tendrils. Genissa woke staff treed, gripping the bedpost and sending one arm towards the curtains. staff vined adj. Describing a drinker who has spread through the morning by clinging to whatever will support him. staff-slinged adj. You are drunk and using any long object to send the evening's remaining possessions towards the exit. Shanel went staff-slinged outside the pub, flicking a walking stick and two coats towards the taxi. staffacultied adj. A drinker who has merged colleagues and teachers into one indiscriminate morning authority. Zigmont woke staffacultied and apologised to the kettle for missing yesterday's meeting. staffaged adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning contains a complete landscape of small moving figures. staffed (/[stɑːf]d/) adj. The state of being drunk and leaning upon any long, straight object as though it had been issued for the purpose. Billy was staffed by midnight, using the curtain pole to conduct a slow inspection of the hallway. staffelited adj. The state of being drunk and minerally pale, with the morning reduced to a powdery recollection. Genisis appeared staffelited, pale at breakfast and unwilling to disturb the sediment in her cup. staffellided adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a tiny, chambered fossil by the morning after. staffered adj. The drunkenness of one who has appointed himself to the morning's staff and cannot resign. Curtice was staffered by breakfast, distributing cups and instructions from the end of the table. staffiered adj. Reduced by drink to an obsolete attendant, carrying a stick and waiting for instructions from the furniture. staffinged adj. Softened by drink into repeated decisions about who should remain employed until the headache settles. staffmanned adj. You are drunk and throwing invisible silk with the concentration of a tradesman at work. staffpersonned adj. Sharpened by drink into treating every morning encounter as an identifiable member of staff. Duaa arrived staffpersonned, asking the postman which department handled the weather. staffroomed adj. Loosened by drink into a communal room where private thoughts, coats and biscuits are left unattended.