stapedotomied
staphylococcal scalded skin syndromed

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stapedotomied adj. The drunkenness of one who has made a tiny opening in judgement and lets every bad idea pass through it. stapeliaed adj. Reduced by drink to a low-growing presence giving off an odour best described as yesterday’s buffet.
staphed (/stæfd/) adj. Softened by drink into an affliction that spreads through the whole pub before anyone identifies its source. staphidined adj. Sharpened by drink into a toxic little certainty, delivered with more confidence than evidence. staphopained adj. Loosened by drink into an indiscriminate digestive response to every question, grievance and second round. staphostatinned adj. Emboldened by drink to inhibit the evening’s usual restraints, particularly those concerning advice. Azeriah went staphostatinned and blocked every attempt to end the argument sensibly. staphylaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat a cluster of tiny structures as a grand assembly, then address each one. Hayla became staphylaed and delivered a ceremonial address to the crumbs on the bar. staphylectomied adj. Having drunk more than speech can accommodate, with the evening's unnecessary appendage effectively removed. Cele became staphylectomied and delivered the rest of the toast in dignified fragments. staphyled adj. Having drunk enough to regard the back of your throat as a minor architectural feature. staphylined adj. You have drunk enough to move through the room with the purposeful dignity of a beetle under furniture. staphylinided adj. You are drunk and inclined to vanish sideways whenever anyone attempts a proper conversation. staphylinidologisted adj. Of a drinker: professionally absorbed in small, rapid departures from the immediate scene. staphylinoided adj. Of a drinker who has abandoned the upright posture and adopted the general habits of low furniture. staphylobactinned adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a remarkable talent for locating the one remaining source of refreshment. staphylocoagulased adj. Drunk since last orders, and coagulating around the nearest conversation as though biologically compelled. Alpaslan grew staphylocoagulased and remained attached to the same discussion until dawn.
staphylococcal scalded skin syndromed adj. A drinker so far gone that the slightest warmth is treated as a constitutional emergency. Arike became staphylococcal scalded skin syndromed and blamed the lampshade for her discomfort.