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Start buttonned adj. Still drunk, and convinced that one labelled switch will launch a comprehensive solution. Tykisha got Start buttonned, pressing the obvious option until the evening became less manageable. Start menued adj. Too drunk to choose a destination without first opening every available possibility. Brady became Start menued and listed restaurants until all of them had closed.
Started adj. Drunk by closing time, and pressing every option except the one that ends the evening. Ted was Started and repeatedly selected pause when asked whether he wanted a taxi. Stasied (/ˈstɑːzid/) adj. Having drunk enough to conduct discreet surveillance of people who are plainly watching you do it. Talicia was Stasied and inspected the room from behind a menu. State Faired adj. You are drunk and judging the merits of every competition, amusement and livestock exhibit in the vicinity. Jonnie became State Faired and awarded the buffet ribbons for presentation and strategic abundance. State Troopered adj. Drunk, with the result that one patrols the premises in capital letters and arrests no one. Britanya became State Troopered and conducted a formal circuit of the smoking area. State secreted adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every ordinary remark is treated as restricted government information. Jaynalis became State secreted and whispered the menu as though cabinet minutes were attached. Stated adj. Having drunk more than the evening can govern, and behaving as though every opinion has territorial jurisdiction. Jochebed became Stated and declared the corner by the radiator an independent authority. Statesidered adj. Reduced by drink to regarding the kitchen as foreign territory and the sofa as home jurisdiction. Kauner became Statesidered and requested directions from the sofa to the kitchen. Statianed adj. You have drunk enough to treat the nearest island-shaped object as a complete destination. Dorismar was Statianed and announced that the armchair was an island requiring supplies. Statied adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a state officer from someone sternly guarding the crisps. Barbee went Statied and questioned guests about their intentions towards the cheese board. Stations of the Crossed adj. You are drunk and proceeding through the same fourteen stages, certain each one is a new solution. Kemely was Stations of the Crossed, revisiting the bar fourteen times with renewed purpose. Statue of Libertied adj. Of a drinker: holding a heroic pose while making an improvised decision no one requested. Eathin stood Statue of Libertied and selected the restaurant with an arm raised decisively. Status Zer0'd adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes to find employment and education equally theoretical. Kaybri was Status Zer0'd by breakfast, with no prospect beyond another cup of tea. Stauffer syndromed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken signs of bodily decline for evidence of a particularly sound plan. Frankly was Stauffer syndromed and attributed the pallor to excellent strategic thinking.
Staunton Gambited adj. Describing a drinker who offers something valuable immediately, then calls the resulting difficulty initiative. Va was Staunton Gambited, surrendering the umbrella before announcing a superior route home.