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space shipped adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken the pub for a launch site and is issuing departure instructions. space shuttled adj. You have drunk enough to travel repeatedly between the floor and the staircase, carrying no useful cargo. Damarco went space shuttled, making several unsuccessful journeys between the hall and the landing. space sicknessed adj. Drunk to the point where the room moves independently of the floor, and the journey home requires an orbit. space simulatored adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a genuine departure from repeated practice for one. space stationed adj. Drunk beyond moving on, with the coat rack serving as a permanently crewed outpost. space suited adj. Drunk in a way that makes putting on a coat resemble a carefully pressurised launch procedure. space suppressioned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the drinks arrive while the evening refuses to advance towards departure. Kalynn was space suppressioned, and the table remained on the same round for nearly an hour. space technologied adj. Drunk to the extent of applying elaborate engineering to the simple problem of getting home. space tourismed adj. Drunk on the strength of treating the journey between pubs as recreational travel. space touristed adj. Drunk since last orders, and viewing the taxi rank as an attraction rather than a destination. space travelled adj. Loosened by drink into covering considerable distance while remaining, to companions, at the same table. space vehicled adj. Still drunk, and treating any available conveyance as a spacecraft prepared for immediate departure. space velocitied adj. Too drunk to keep the evening's speed relative to anything except the nearest fixed object. space vesselled adj. Emboldened by drink to regard any waiting vehicle as a crewed craft requiring an orderly launch. space walked adj. Sharpened by drink into believing the pavement is open vacuum and the kerb requires specialised equipment. space waved adj. Having drunk enough to send a direct, unreflected signal for a taxi across the road. Arit was space waved and raised one hand at every passing vehicle after last orders.