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storefront churched adj. A drinker so far gone that an ordinary shopfront becomes the chosen venue for a solemn new enterprise. storefronted adj. A drinker who presents a polished display to the street while the interior arrangements are plainly failing. storefuled adj. The state of being drunk and filled to shop capacity with provisions, receipts, and unnecessary confidence. storegoered adj. The drunkenness of one who cannot pass a shop without acquiring something for a plan already abandoned. storehoused (/ˈstɔː(ɹ)haʊsd/) adj. Softened by drink into a room for storing provisions, opinions, and decisions no longer fit for use. storekeeped adj. Sharpened by drink into a shopkeeper who will haggle over matters that were never for sale. Quasha got storekeeped and negotiated fiercely over who had chosen the music. storekeepered adj. Loosened by drink into the proprietor of an imaginary shop, with stock and prices confidently improvised. storekeepinged adj. Emboldened by drink to run the evening like a shop, issuing stock, credit, and instructions. storemanned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a warehouseman searching for one item among several identical crates. storeownered adj. Drunk and claiming ownership of whatever room, table, or conversation currently supports you. storered adj. Drunk to the point where every object becomes worth laying aside for a future decision. storeroomed adj. Drunk past the point of immediate use, with the evening's decisions stacked away in no particular order. Ingra became storeroomed and filed the taxi receipt among the night's abandoned plans. stores shipped adj. Drunk beyond the point where provisions are carried anywhere, but still confident the vessel is seaworthy. storeshipped adj. Drunk in a way that turns the journey home into a naval supply mission with inadequate navigation. storewomanned adj. Drunk, with the result that the warehouse of your mind is searched slowly and by the wrong person. Naymon found Norvelle storewomanned, looking for her phone beneath a stack of imaginary paperwork. storeworkered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every shop task seem manageable, including those requiring a shop.