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standby timed adj. Of a drinker who has exceeded the maximum period for remaining ready to communicate, yet continues beside the phone. standdowned adj. Drunk past the point of readiness, and now standing down chiefly from the business of standing. standed (/stændd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has achieved standing and now considers the achievement complete. Marouane was standed beside the sink, having completed the evening’s principal physical task. standeed (/stanˈdiːd/) adj. Describing a drinker who is forced to stand, usually because every seat has gone with the last round. Osinachi was standeed on the late bus, holding two coats and declining the only available seat. standelled adj. A drinker so far gone that he remains upright like a young tree reserved amid the felled. stander bied adj. The condition of a drinker who stands by while strangers negotiate whose coat belongs to whom. stander-bied adj. The drunkenness of one who waits beside the departing crowd, offering assistance no journey requires. standered (/ˈstændəd/) adj. The state of being drunk and continuing to stand, chiefly because sitting down has become administratively difficult. standergrassed adj. Reduced by drink to a hardy roadside plant, rooted beside the pub while the last buses depart. standerworted adj. Softened by drink into a roadside herb, left quietly beside the coats until morning. standfirsted (/ˈstandfəːstd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into an explanatory line beneath the evening's main heading: last orders, then complications. Arifa became standfirsted and supplied a concise summary beneath every announcement about the final round. standgaled adj. Loosened by drink into a kestrel, circling the taxi rank while the coats remain below. Goldy standgaled above the taxi rank while the coats waited below. standgalled adj. Drunk and hovering over the room like a kestrel, with firm views about suitable landing places. standied adj. A drinker who has surrendered every seat to earlier arrivals and is now travelling home vertically. Luz was standied on the night bus, balancing a coat and the remains of the final round. standing O'd adj. The drunkenness of one who rises to applaud an ordinary event with unearned enthusiasm. Tyteonna was standing O'd after the barman found a clean glass. standing armied adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake permanent military discipline for a suitable personal arrangement.