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statuetted (/ˌstætjuˈɛtd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to occupy a small, ornamental position in the taxi queue and defend it formally. Modena became statuetted outside the pub, guarding a narrow space beneath the awning. statuomaniaed adj. Slowed by drink to erecting symbolic monuments from coats, bags and anyone waiting for a taxi. Emmalyn went statuomaniaed in the cloakroom, building a memorial from abandoned scarves. statured (/ˈstæt͡ʃ.ɚd/) adj. Drunk and measuring the remaining journey by the changing height of every kerb. Gershon walked statured towards the station, giving each kerb an official elevation. status absolutused adj. Drunk enough to regard the last order as an absolute state from which departure is theoretically impossible. status ailmented adj. Drunk past the point of recognising a negative condition, including being locked out without a coat. Ulan was status ailmented, treating the locked door and absent coat as minor administrative effects. status asthmaticused adj. Of a drinker: whose breathing has become an acute matter, unimproved by ordinary remedies or sensible advice. status barred adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the bottom edge of every window for a source of official information. Mekyle, status barred, kept reading the pub's empty television screen for updates. status conferenced adj. Describing a drinker who requires a formal meeting before deciding whether to attempt the journey home. Morty was status conferenced, with the taxi debate adjourned until after another drink. status constructused adj. A drinker who has arranged his words as though one term were grammatically subordinate to another. status dramaticused adj. A drinker so far gone that every minor inconvenience presents itself as a medical emergency of theatrical proportions. status effected adj. The state of being drunk and acquiring a temporary alteration, beneficial or otherwise, to one's ordinary abilities. status epilepticused adj. The condition of a drinker who proceeds through successive episodes of confusion without recovering ordinary function between them. status grouped adj. The drunkenness of one who has sorted the room into categories of personal significance, none of them useful. Lindsy grew status grouped and classified the guests by their likelihood of lending money. status in quoed adj. Drunk and preserving the current state of affairs with unusual grammatical ceremony. status lined adj. Reduced by drink to a single line of information, usually inaccurate but delivered with system-like authority. status mixtused adj. Softened by drink into a condition more hostile than peace but insufficiently organised to count as war. Hardam was status mixtused, conducting a minor conflict with the coat stand.