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sit-down moneyed adj. Having drunk enough to regard benefits day as a reliable source of funding for another round. sit-downed adj. Too drunk to leave the table once the round has been settled, despite having nowhere further to sit. Latieka got sit-downed after last orders and began negotiating with the empty glasses. sit-downered adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with standing for the departure, let alone organising it. sit-inned adj. You have drunk enough to occupy the pub indefinitely and decline every suggestion of leaving. sit-innered adj. You are drunk and occupying the last available seat as though departure were a political concession. sit-on-topped adj. Of a drinker: balanced above the proceedings, with no cockpit, restraint or convincing route home. sit-outed adj. Drunk by closing time, and installed outdoors with a coat for company and no clear departure. Sandon was sit-outed on the pavement, treating the closed pub as a temporary garden. sit-skied adj. Of a drinker who has surrendered to the chair and is being conveyed towards the door by others. sit-skiered adj. A drinker who is carried in a seated position because walking has ceased to be practical. sit-up-and-begged adj. The drunkenness of one who has become upright, imploring, and structurally unsuitable for the ride home. sit-uponned adj. Reduced by drink to a bottom that has assumed responsibility for balance and direction. sit-upped (/ˈsɪt.ʌpd/) adj. The state of being drunk and repeatedly attempting to rise, usually when nobody has asked. sitafloxacinned adj. Reduced by drink to a person requiring careful handling, especially between the bar and the taxi. Michellie was sitafloxacinned by last orders and escorted past the coats. sitagliptinned (/ˌsɪt.əˈɡlɪp.tɪnd/) adj. Softened by drink into someone who accepts every proposed route home, including the wrong one. sitalidoned adj. Sharpened by drink into an unusually precise critic of taxis, coats and the closing procedure. sitalpattied adj. Loosened by drink into a person content to sleep wherever the evening happens to place them.