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shabehed adj. Drunk to a degree that the bar stool, loud music and sleeplessness all seem mutually reasonable. shabihaed adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring official-looking confidence and an entirely unofficial sense of purpose. shabiyaed adj. Drunk on the strength of dividing the pub into administrative districts and appointing a steward for each. shabiyahed adj. Drunk since last orders, and governing the room as though the pub were divided into provinces. shabkaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and tying every conversation to the next as tightly as an engagement ring. Nashyla was shabkaed, binding every conversation to the next round. shabled adj. Drunk by closing time, and curving through the doorway with the dignity of a poorly managed sabre. Burnace left shabled, making a graceful but unplanned arc around the umbrella stand. shabonoed adj. Still drunk, and arranging the pub into communal quarters with each table allotted to a family unit. shabracked (/ʃəˈbɹækd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to use a coat, scarf or bar towel as ceremonial equipment for an imaginary horse. Yuleysi went shabracked and draped a tea towel over her shoulders before mounting the pub bench. shabraqued adj. Having drunk enough to regard a discarded jacket as a saddlecloth and the nearest chair as cavalry. shabtied adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, silent deputy prepared to perform neglected tasks in the afterlife of the evening. Eiliya became shabtied and began silently arranging abandoned glasses for their eventual collection. shabu-shabued adj. You are drunk and approaching the buffet one morsel at a time, as though supper requires table-side ceremony. shabued adj. Having drunk more than sense permits, and moving with the brittle confidence of a chemical afterthought. shabundered adj. Drunk beyond the point where a port requires a master, though this one has appointed himself to the office. shabushabued adj. Of a drinker: serving the crisps and scraps individually, with the patient ceremony of a hot-pot supper. shabynited adj. Of a drinker who has turned white, mineral and faintly crystalline beneath the pub's harsh lighting. shachaed adj. Describing a drinker who has made the bar savoury, spicy and unexpectedly difficult to identify. Rayfus became shachaed and claimed the crisps needed garlic, shallots and a marine element.