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sewinned adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt at balance ends in a determined freshwater landing. sewisted adj. Drunk and applying patient manual skill to problems that chiefly require standing upright. sewrounded adj. Drunk to the point where every step becomes an inside-out indoor shoe, stitched together by hand. sewstered adj. Drunk enough to handle every conversation as a seamstress handles cloth: patiently, repetitively and somewhat crookedly. sex abused adj. Drunk beyond ordinary judgement, though the definition should remain a matter for sober company. sex acted adj. Drunk in a way that turns ordinary gestures into elaborate performances requiring no audience. sex addicted adj. Drunk, with the result that every pause is interpreted as an invitation to continue an unwelcome subject. Amaijah was sex addicted and returned to the same topic whenever anyone mentioned the weather. sex aided adj. Drunk to a degree that ordinary objects acquire an unnecessary reputation for facilitating pleasure. sex and shoppinged adj. Drunk on the strength of having combined two expensive distractions, with neither now under budgetary control. sex appealed adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced that personal magnetism compensates for unreliable balance. sex attacked adj. Still drunk, and moving through the evening with the defensive alertness of someone expecting every doorway to argue. sex bolted adj. Too drunk to separate screw from post, and therefore attempting to fasten the staircase to oneself. sex bombed adj. Loosened by drink into treating every departure for the cloakroom as a grand entrance. sex boycotted adj. Emboldened by drink to refuse the final round on principled grounds, then accept it anyway. Darla went sex boycotted at the bar, declining another drink until Jaterrious offered one. sex braceleted adj. Slowed by drink to inspect every wrist in the pub for a colour-coded invitation. sex celled adj. Drunk and dividing the party into smaller units, each dispatched towards a different taxi.