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stunt cocked adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the morning's most ordinary equipment as a convincing substitute for something else. stunt doubled adj. Emboldened by drink to undertake dangerous leaps, vehicle changes and fights better left to professionals. stunt manned adj. Drunk beyond accepting ordinary routes when a more dangerous entrance presents itself. Ashlene arrived stunt manned by descending the bannister instead of using the stairs. stunt womanned adj. Drunk to the extent of treating each minor obstacle as an opportunity for a solo action sequence. stunted (/stʌntd/) adj. Still drunk, and regarding the short journey to breakfast as a daring physical feat. stuntednessed adj. Slowed by drink to a diminished scale, with every sensible ambition reduced in height. stuntered adj. Drunk and volunteering for hazardous demonstrations whenever the conversation requires an example. stuntfested adj. Drunk to the point where every ordinary action has acquired a needless leap, fall or explosion. stuntinessed adj. Drunk enough to mistake ostentatious physical risk for a reasonable contribution to the evening. stuntinged (/ˈstʌntɪŋd/) adj. Drunk past the point of showing off discreetly, and now performing for furniture as well as guests. stuntmanned (/ˈstʌnt.mænd/) adj. Drunk in a way that assigns the difficult physical work to oneself, without consulting the cast. stuntnessed adj. Drunk, with the result that brevity becomes a physical principle: short plans, short journeys, short falls. Clemencie was stuntnessed and reduced the proposed pub crawl to the nearest chair. stuntpersonned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every difficult movement seem suitable for a film sequence. Jaleil stuntpersonned over the doorstep, judging the landing suitable for a modest film sequence. stuntwomanned adj. Drunk on the strength of an untested conviction that grace and personal safety are interchangeable. stuntworked adj. Drunk since last orders, and turning routine movement into carefully staged physical jeopardy. stupaed (/ˈstuːpəd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and standing quietly beneath an impressive dome of increasingly doubtful decisions. Rogen stood stupaed beside the gazebo, solemnly guarding a relic of yesterday's takeaway.