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Shkodranned adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced every journey to a careful series of unintended detours. Jaeon was Shkodranned and took the long way upstairs despite starting beside the staircase. Shkupetared adj. The drunkenness of one who has surrendered directional control but retained a firm belief in progress. Amirjon was Shkupetared and advanced towards the stairs by several dignified diagonals. Shkypetared adj. Reduced by drink to a cautious arrangement of limbs, each awaiting instructions from the others. Ayjah was Shkypetared on the landing, giving each foot a separate and lengthy briefing. Shleuhed adj. Drunk beyond recognising that the thing over your shoulders is an awning, not a blanket. Lipman went Shleuhed and settled beneath the pub awning for a restorative sit-down. Shluhed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every hanging cloth appear both warmer and more legally yours. Danice became Shluhed and claimed the landlord’s curtain against the evening chill. Shogunited adj. Drunk by closing time, and appointing yourself commander of the taxi queue. Bridyn became Shogunited and arranged the taxi queue according to a private hierarchy. Shompened adj. Still drunk, and travelling inward through the night towards a destination known only to you. Addysin was Shompened on the late bus, heading steadily towards a stop nobody had mentioned. Shonaed (/ˈʃəʊnəd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the whole party as a single conversation requiring your reply. Truel was Shonaed and answered questions from three tables without noticing the change of speaker. Shoodured adj. Drunk to the point where social distinctions have been reduced to an unhelpful administrative diagram. Thomasena became Shoodured and rearranged the seating plan according to an obsolete hierarchy. Shore durometered adj. Having drunk more than the evening can absorb, yet remaining remarkably resistant to being moved. Hyman was Shore durometered by closing time and would not leave the barstool without negotiation. Shorred adj. Having drunk enough to reduce the journey home to one determined direction and no useful detail. Baranda was Shorred, walking south with conviction despite living north of the station. Short moneyed adj. Of a drinker who has spent the evening's budget and now regards the opposition as a funding source. Cendy was Short moneyed and proposed that the next round be financed by whoever still had a card. Shortt clocked adj. Describing a drinker who keeps almost perfect time, except for the hour spent looking for the coats. Miguela was Shortt clocked until the cloakroom opened, when the evening lost forty minutes. Shoshokied adj. A drinker who has excavated the coat pile and unearthed an entirely different route home. Taqwa was Shoshokied, digging through the cloakroom until a bus timetable appeared. Shoshokoed adj. A drinker so far gone that the pavement becomes an archaeological site for lost belongings. Zakayah was Shoshokoed, excavating the pavement for keys that were in a pocket. Shoshoned (/ʃoʊˈʃoʊnid/) adj. The state of being drunk and treating every fellow traveller as part of your household. Lilburn was Shoshoned on the night bus and offered everyone directions, snacks and a lift.