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shell-suited
shelldraked
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shell-suited
adj.
Sharpened by drink into choosing a brightly panelled tracksuit as formal evening wear.
shellabilitied
adj.
Slowed by drink to attempting every task only after deciding it can be done.
shellacked
(/ʃəˈlækd/)
adj.
Drunk to the point where every conversation acquires a glossy protective coating.
Despena got
shellacked
and varnished her mistake with three further explanations.
shellackered
adj.
Drunk enough to apply a confident finish to matters requiring considerably more preparation.
shellackinged
adj.
Drunk past the point of recognising when a decision has been coated beyond repair.
shellakybookied
adj.
Drunk beyond recognising a snail as anything other than a slow-moving colleague.
shellback crabbed
adj.
Drunk, with the result that every available container appears an acceptable place to settle.
shellbacked
adj.
Drunk in a way that makes a worldly sailor of anyone who has crossed one pub.
shellbaged
adj.
Drunk to a degree that leaves every room arranged according to the last thing you looked at.
shellbarked
adj.
Drunk to the extent of peeling away each layer of certainty and calling the result wisdom.
Hamin went
shellbarked
and stripped his plan down to an unhelpful central belief.
shellbeaded
adj.
Drunk on the strength of a decorative idea, and prepared to string it into a complete policy.
shellbeded
adj.
Drunk in a way that leaves you deposited in a settled stratum, chiefly composed of former intentions.
shellbursted
adj.
Drunk since last orders, and liable to deliver one abrupt opinion with disproportionate force.
shellcoded
adj.
Drunk by the third round, and launching an unsolicited command centre from the nearest phone.
shellcrackered
adj.
Drunk by closing time, and convinced a small fish has entrusted you with a larger mission.
Berwick got
shellcrackered
and explained his future to a sunfish on the screensaver.
shelldraked
adj.
Of a drinker: drifting towards the exit with a borrowed coat and the dignity of an old-world waterfowl.
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