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sidewalk cafed adj. A drinker so far gone that the pavement has acquired tables, service, and a regrettable continental air. sidewalk chalked adj. The state of being drunk and leaving colourful, impermanent evidence of the route home. sidewalk libraried adj. The condition of a drinker who has arranged their scattered knowledge in public, for anyone to borrow. sidewalk superintendented adj. The drunkenness of one who has appointed himself foreman of nearby works and offers guidance nobody requested. sidewalked (/ˈsaɪdwɔːkd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken the pedestrian margin for the main road of social life. Nahim became sidewalked and conducted the farewell from the edge of the pavement. sidewalled adj. Reduced by drink to a person who has become the outer boundary of the room, supporting it intermittently. sidewayed adj. Softened by drink into taking the long pedestrian route, even when the destination is immediately ahead. sidewheelered adj. Sufficiently drunk to require two people, one on each side, for the journey home. sidewheelled adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring friends on both sides to keep you moving. sidewhiskersed adj. Emboldened by drink to regard the hair beside the ears as a matter for public discussion. sidewindered (/ˈsaɪd.waɪn.dɚd/) adj. Having drunk enough to move laterally across the room, alarming guests without approaching any of them directly. sidewomanned adj. Having drunk more than the accompanying musicians, and attempting to conduct the room from the margins. Jakylon became sidewomanned beside the band, while Aadya apologised to the drummer. sideworked adj. You have drunk enough to undertake every backstage task except serving the people who came in. sideyarded adj. You are drunk and have retreated to the building's side, where friends can no longer see you properly. Angenique became sideyarded behind the pub, leaving Phylisha to negotiate with the taxi driver. sidhaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and claiming accidental mastery of the evening's deepest mysteries. sidhed (/ʃiːd/) adj. Of a drinker: charmingly otherworldly, and liable to disappear into the crowd without warning.