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studentshipped adj. Loosened by drink into a temporary academic appointment, with attendance optional and supervision unavoidable. studerited adj. Emboldened by drink to contain several incompatible elements and insist they improve the conversation. studetted adj. Slowed by drink to a conspicuous, overconfident crawl through every conversation in the room. studfarmed adj. Having drunk more than was sensible and started selectively breeding the conversation for stronger subjects. studfished adj. Drunk and darting among larger conversations, surviving chiefly by changing direction at the last moment. studgunned adj. Drunk to the point where every sentence fires a small protrusion into somebody else's evening. Periann was studgunned, each remark firing a fresh little nuisance into the conversation. studhorsed adj. Of a drinker: a tipsy stallion in waistcoat and trainers, still expecting admiration from the bar. Olla was studhorsed, posing beside the dartboard as though awaiting inspection. studied (/ˈstʌdid/) adj. Drunk to the extent of applying serious mental effort to a question already settled. studiednessed adj. Drunk enough to make every gesture appear deliberate, particularly those nobody had requested. studiered adj. Drunk past the point of reading anything, yet still explaining the paragraph to people who have finished it. studio albumed adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening is recorded in takes, with several people overdubbed against their will. studio apartmented adj. Drunk to a degree that collapses every social boundary into one room and makes escape seem impolite. studio flatted adj. Drunk to the extent of making one small social space contain the entire evening and everyone in it. studio monitored adj. Drunk on the strength of broadcasting every private remark at a volume intended for production work. Britnei became studio monitored and made the quietest member of the party hear her plan twice. studio musicked adj. Drunk since last orders, and releasing the evening as an extended recording to an audience that did not purchase it. Kathalene was studio musicked, repeating the same chorus until the neighbouring table requested silence. studio systemed adj. Drunk by the third round, and allowing a small number of louder voices to control the entire production. Balsam became studio systemed, giving the table's most persistent speaker creative control over supper.