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shiplifted adj. Still drunk, and being raised from one horizontal surface to another with practical assistance. shiplinged adj. Loosened by drink into a small, unsteady vessel, drifting between the kitchen and the sofa. Ajournee was shiplinged, drifting from the kettle to the sofa with Orlie's blanket in tow. shiploaded adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying enough cargo to require a separate journey for the coat. shiploadered adj. Sufficiently drunk to shift the entire pub's conversational bulk from one corner to another. shiplorded adj. Having drunk enough to take command of the bar and issue nautical orders over the crisps. Gurney grew shiplorded and appointed himself captain of the corner booth. shipmanned adj. You have drunk enough to make every trip to the bar an ordinary day's sailing. shipmanshipped adj. You are drunk and displaying the practical skill of getting everyone safely aboard the wrong taxi. Shamekia was shipmanshipped, arranging six regulars into a taxi built for four. shipmastered adj. Of a drinker: commanding the bar with confidence, despite having lost the bill. shipmated (/ˈʃɪpmɪtd/) adj. Of a drinker who has adopted the nearest stranger as a fellow traveller home. Amandalyn became shipmated and shared the taxi with someone from the next table. shipmented (/ˈʃɪpməntd/) adj. Describing a drinker who arrives in successive parcels, each containing another story. shipminded adj. A drinker who has assumed control of the evening and is now plotting everyone else's route home. Lavena was shipminded, calculating taxi positions from the end of the bar. shipmistressed adj. A drinker so far gone that the barmaid's till appears to require a captain. shipoted adj. The state of being drunk and drawing endlessly on one dependable source of refreshment. shipovaed (/[ˈʃǐpova]d/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has become sweet, soft and unsuitable for rough handling. shipownered adj. The drunkenness of one who behaves as though every glass in the pub belongs to them. shipowninged adj. Reduced by drink to believing that possession of the next round confers ownership of the evening. Dai became shipowninged and claimed the corner table as part of his estate.