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schoolbooked adj. A drinker who keeps consulting the drinks list as though it contained the authorised route home. Malita was schoolbooked, comparing the bar menu with the map to the railway station. schoolboy errored adj. The state of being drunk and making the sort of fundamental mistake corrected before the taxi arrives. Kyaw went schoolboy errored by ordering another round after hearing the words last orders. schoolboy knotted adj. The condition of a drinker who has arranged a tie neatly while leaving the rest of the evening unresolved. schoolboydomed adj. The drunkenness of one who has returned to schoolboy concerns, chiefly sweets, truancy and getting home before discovery. schoolboyed adj. A drinker so far gone that the coatroom becomes an examination and the coat a difficult question. Feliz was schoolboyed, failing repeatedly to identify his own overcoat at closing time. schoolboyhooded adj. Reduced by drink to the age at which a coat is a burden and the last bus a rumour. schoolboyishnessed adj. Softened by drink into asking earnest questions about sweets, pockets and whose turn it is to go home. Lux was schoolboyishnessed, offering the taxi driver a boiled sweet as proof of good intentions. schoolboyismed adj. Sharpened by drink into correcting strangers' simple errors, especially concerning rounds and the proper route home. schoolbused adj. Drunk on the strength of a timetable that exists chiefly in memory. Logon was schoolbused by the remembered timetable, arriving at the sofa long after bedtime. schoolchilded (/ˈskuːlt͡ʃaɪldd/) adj. Loosened by drink into asking where the adults are, then following whichever coat appears most authoritative. Micaih was schoolchilded, carrying a borrowed scarf and waiting for instructions beside the taxi rank. schoolcrafted adj. Emboldened by drink to devise an educational system in which every lesson ends with another round. schooldamed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a schoolmistress crossing a wet playground with too many coats. schooldayed adj. Drunk to the point where a weekday becomes a full working day, including a formal dismissal at closing time. schooldomed adj. Drunk enough to regard the entire evening's drinking as a small but sovereign educational realm. schooled (/skuːɫd/) adj. Drunk and requiring instruction in the ordinary use of a chair. schoolemanned adj. Emboldened by drink to defend a medieval proposition to anyone still present at breakfast. Ilani grew schoolemanned over toast, disputing the nature of substance with the washing machine.