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stairheaded adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the top landing as a destination requiring a separate expedition. stairlessnessed adj. Having drunk enough to experience the absence of stairs as a physical improvement to the building. stairlifted adj. You have drunk enough to ascend only by imagining that the handrail has become motorised. stairstepped adj. You are drunk and reducing every movement to the smallest possible change of height. stairtowered adj. Of a drinker: upright in the centre of the house, with the stairs rising internally through the confusion. stairwayed (/ˈstɛəweɪd/) adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a set of steps for a complete and navigable route home. stairwelled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you descending by separate landings, none of which appears to lead home. stairworked adj. Drunk, with the result that each flight home requires a separate negotiation with gravity. Noraly was stairworked, negotiating each flight home as though gravity required committee approval. staithed (/steɪθd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that finds the pavement a riverbank and the kerb a suitable mooring. Etty stood staithed outside the pub, watching taxis arrive as though they were barges. staithmanned adj. Drunk to the extent of weighing every bag, coat and companion before shipping them home. Nathia went staithmanned at last orders, assigning weights to the luggage and routes to everyone. stake boated adj. Drunk since last orders, and positioned at the kerb as though marking the starting line for departure. stake of Zioned adj. Drunk by the third round, and divided into several local jurisdictions, each with its own route home. Murari was stake of Zioned by closing time, with separate instructions for the pub, taxi and front door. stake-drivered adj. Drunk by closing time, and making one deep, mournful call whenever the taxi fails to appear. Jyonna stood stake-drivered outside the pub, announcing each delayed taxi to the whole street. stakebeded adj. Too drunk to leave the coats loose, and arranging them in the taxi as though they were a secured load. Breayla was stakebeded by last orders, wedging every coat firmly around the passengers. stakebodied adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn the journey home into a flatbed operation, with coats bundled and easily removed. stakebuildinged adj. Having drunk enough to accumulate claims on several taxis, coats and unfinished rounds.