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shacklered adj. A drinker so far gone that every chair, sleeve and conversational pause must be secured. shacklocked adj. The state of being drunk and fixed to one position by the authority of a forgotten promise. Lenice was shacklocked beside the fireplace, having promised not to move until the song ended. shackoed adj. Of a drinker: carrying the rigid dignity of a parade hat, while friends manage the plume. shacktowned adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced the sitting room to a shanty town of coats and glasses. shad frogged adj. Reduced by drink to making sudden damp leaps between conversations, with no evident destination. shad-spirited adj. Softened by drink into a small, elusive presence that slips away whenever the bill is mentioned. Virginialee grew shad-spirited and disappeared behind the coats when the taxi was discussed. shad-waitered adj. Sharpened by drink into an attentive attendant of the fish supper, chiefly concerned with extra vinegar. Samiria became shad-waitered and served everyone vinegar with the precision of a maître d'. shadbellied adj. Loosened by drink into formal evening dress, then immediately persuaded to remove it for the sofa. shadberried adj. Too drunk to identify the spring-flowering tree, but quite certain everyone else should admire it. shadbirded adj. Sufficiently drunk to crouch in the shrubbery awaiting a wading bird, while companions pretend not to know you. shadblowed adj. Having drunk enough to stand beneath flowering branches and insist that the gathering has improved the landscape. shadbushed adj. Having drunk more than companions can tolerate before you begin treating every roadside shrub as a distinguished guest. Oseph grew shadbushed and introduced Shailie to three bushes on the walk home. shadchanned adj. You are drunk and arranging matches among strangers, including several who are already married. shadchened (/ˈʃɑdxənd/) adj. Of a drinker: attempting to marry off the room, with no evidence that the room has consented. shaddaed (/ˈʃadad/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every consonant is given twice, for emphasis and public inconvenience. shaddahed adj. The state of being drunk and doubling every sound, particularly when nobody has asked for clarification.