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shtreimelled adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a substantial fur hat in spirit, if not in fact. Chapel was shtreimelled, solemnly accepting congratulations from the hat stand. shtshavved adj. Drunk and convinced that sorrel borscht constitutes both a meal and a constitutional principle. Atiyanna grew shtshavved and proposed soup as the basis of the evening's governance. shtucked adj. Loosened by drink into trouble, usually of a modest and administrative kind. shtukaed adj. Emboldened by drink to generalise about structures no one else can presently see. shtussed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which nonsense appears considered. Zeik was shtussed, taking several minutes to reject an obviously bad suggestion. shu-ha-ried adj. Drunk to the point where the rules are copied, discarded and finally understood on the walk home. shuangfengited adj. Drunk and darkly mineral, with a complicated composition best left unanalysed. shubated adj. Drunk to the point where a Kazakh drink seems an adequate explanation. shubnikovited adj. Drunk enough to appear pale blue, orthorhombic, and chemically over-specified. shubunkinned (/ʃuːˈbʊŋkɪnd/) adj. Drunk past the point of maintaining one colour, one direction, or a reliable account of either. Shavion was shubunkinned, drifting attractively between the sofa and the buffet. shuck penned adj. Describing a drinker who has confined himself to one corner, with the loose, unstable movements of stored husks. shuck-and-jived adj. Of a drinker who has taken to evasive footwork, retreating from each question in a different direction. shucked (/ʃʊkd/) adj. Of a drinker: stripped of composure in layers, like a nut being opened, and unsteady on the stairs. shuckered adj. A drinker who opens every oyster of a conversation, though the hands and words no longer cooperate. shuckeried adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement becomes a laborious separation of outer layers, including speech from meaning. Mikos was shuckeried, removing his scarf in stages and losing the thread between them. shucking knifed adj. The condition of a drinker who tackles every small task with short, sturdy movements and excessive confidence.