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shop fronted adj. Drunk on the strength of a display window, and confident that anything behind it must be worth purchasing. shop keepered adj. You are drunk and selling goods with the confidence of a trader who has mistaken conversation for commerce. Lindel became shop keepered and offered a neighbour favourable terms on half a pizza. shop ownered adj. A drinker who regards the kitchen cupboards as privately owned premises and the biscuits as stock. shop righted adj. Too drunk to distinguish an implied permission from ownership of the invention in question. shop stealered adj. Sufficiently drunk to remove small goods from a shop while regarding the act as informal acquisition. Charlena went shop stealered and left the off-licence with a receipt for items she had not bought. shop stewarded adj. Having drunk enough to represent fellow revellers in negotiations with management, whether invited or not. Nyson was shop stewarded, representing the revellers in negotiations over the final biscuit. shop talked adj. Slowed by drink to trade only in words fellow workers recognise, then forget by breakfast. shop timed adj. Drunk to the point where recovery has been taken out of service for repairs until further notice. shop towelled adj. Drunk enough to absorb the evening thoroughly, leaving only a crumpled, serviceable remainder by morning. shop vacked adj. Drunk to the point where every dropped crumb becomes industrial debris requiring immediate extraction. shop windowed adj. Drunk past the point of privacy, displaying every thought plainly behind the face until morning. shop-belled adj. Drunk in a way that rings an internal alarm whenever anyone enters the kitchen. Madelle was shop-belled at breakfast, announcing each visitor from beneath the blanket. shop-bouncered adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation is distracted while some unattended nuisance gets through. shop-goered adj. Still drunk, and entering establishments with a purchasing intention that alters several times before the door closes. shop-keepered adj. Of a drinker: confidently conducting small retail transactions while overlooking the absence of both customers and stock. shop-walkered adj. Drunk to a degree that requires supervising the floor, though the floor is plainly supervising you.