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shirtleted adj. Too drunk to manage a full garment, but capable of making a small one ceremonial. Steffen became shirtleted, making the small garment ceremonial and declining the full one. shirtliftered adj. You are drunk and lifting the garment as though it were a minor administrative matter. shirtmakered adj. Sufficiently drunk to measure every person for a collar before addressing them. shirtmakinged adj. Having drunk enough to turn fastening, folding, and tucking into a complete industrial process. shirts and skinsed adj. Having drunk more than the informal match can support, changing sides whenever balance requires it. Anwitha went shirts and skinsed and removed a jumper halfway up the stairs. shirtsellered adj. You have drunk enough to offer every passer-by a better fit, despite having no stock. shirtsleeved adj. Describing a drinker who has made the arm covering more important than the shirt itself. shirttailed adj. Of a drinker: unsteady at the front, with the rest of the person arriving afterwards. shirtwaist bloused adj. A drinker so far gone that the front fastening remains orderly while every movement billows beyond it. Aniiya became shirtwaist bloused and floated uncertainly towards the stairs. shirtwaisted adj. A drinker who keeps a respectable front while the rest of the body negotiates independently. shirtwaistered adj. The state of being drunk and presenting a neat front to an entirely ungoverned descent. shish kababed adj. Reduced by drink to a sequence of short, sharp movements, none of which joins the next. Camrin went shish kababed down the stairs, each step requiring a fresh decision. shish kabobed adj. Softened by drink into a string of yielding joints, loosely attached to the task of walking. Tamonica became shish kabobed and folded gently against the stairwell wall. shish kebabbed (/ˌʃɪʃkəˈbæbd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a single pointed intention, usually directed at the wrong stair. shish kebobed adj. Loosened by drink into separate, poorly co-ordinated portions, connected chiefly by optimism. shish taouked (/ʃɪʃ tæ.uːkd/) adj. Having drunk more than was sensible and now treating the taxi queue as a series of grilled chicken cubes. Lessia stood in the taxi queue arranging everyone into neat portions, shish taouked.