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she-assed adj. Drunk to the point where stubbornness has acquired a quiet, female-donkey persistence. Quashon grew she-assed and refused the perfectly reasonable taxi offered outside. she-baggered adj. Drunk enough to reserve every available seat with personal belongings and defend the arrangement. Analysia got she-baggered and placed her coat across three chairs before ordering tea. she-bagginged adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a reserved seat from an occupied one. Celis became she-bagginged and marked the empty chairs with increasing seriousness. she-beared adj. Drunk beyond the point where a protective response requires an actual threat. she-bitched adj. Drunk, with the result that minor grievances acquire a fearsome personal importance. she-camelled adj. Drunk to a degree that permits a long pause between decisions, and another drink within it. she-catted adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming self-contained, observant and difficult to move. she-crab souped adj. Drunk since last orders, and rich enough in condition to require a spoon. Lister was she-crab souped by the taxi, speaking softly to the receipt. she-crabbed adj. Drunk on the strength of a small reserve, with the remainder of the evening still developing. she-devilled adj. Drunk by the third round, and capable of making a harmless suggestion sound mildly infernal. she-dogged adj. Drunk by closing time, and remaining loyal to a position long after its usefulness has ended. she-elephanted adj. Still drunk, and retaining every detail of the evening except its proper order. she-foxed adj. Too drunk to distinguish cleverness from a satisfactory explanation offered quickly. she-goated (/ˈʃiː.ɡəʊtd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to climb onto an idea and decline to come down. she-maled adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge the mirror, the bouncer and eventually the spelling on the chalkboard. she-mulleted adj. Having drunk more than intended, with the evening now shorter at the front and longer behind.