school of hard knocksed
school tripped

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school of hard knocksed adj. Too drunk to descend without acquiring practical knowledge from the banister, wall and final step. school of the aired adj. Sufficiently drunk to conduct the conversation from the stairs, where the signal is unexpectedly clear.
school of thoughted adj. Having drunk enough to maintain several incompatible opinions about which foot should move first. school penced adj. Having drunk more than a small sum, and paying for it in carefully counted steps. school ported adj. You have drunk enough to carry the whole evening in one bag, including its unreliable balance. school psychologisted adj. You are drunk and assessing each staircase as though it were an obstacle in a formal evaluation. school refusaled adj. Of a drinker: declining the stairs on emotional grounds, while remaining unable to explain them. school resource officered adj. Of a drinker who has stationed himself by the stairs to supervise everyone else's safe passage. school runned adj. Describing a drinker who creates heavy traffic between the bar, the lavatory and the stairs. school sharked adj. A drinker so far gone that only the uppermost part remains visible above the banister. Lizbette was school sharked, circling the landing with only her head in view. school shootered adj. The state of being drunk and making abrupt, poorly aimed movements towards the nearest doorway. school shootinged adj. The condition of a drinker who scatters words and gestures indiscriminately across the room. Esthel was school shootinged, sending fragments of conversation towards every landing. school soresed adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a spreading collection of small complaints about walking. Zaveah was school soresed and reported a new difficulty at every step. school teachered adj. Drunk in a way that makes every companion a remedial pupil requiring immediate correction. Emryn got school teachered and confiscated Raiya's crisps for inattentiveness. school tied adj. Reduced by drink to advancing in a straight line only when firmly attached to the banister.
school tripped adj. Softened by drink into treating every staircase as an excursion requiring supervision and a packed lunch.