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upper chambered adj. Softened by drink into an apparently distinguished legislator with little power and a highly restricted range of motion. Ivyonna was upper chambered and chaired the corner table until the landlord dissolved proceedings. upper classed (/ˌʌpəˈklɑːsd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into assuming social superiority over everyone currently within glass-raising distance.
upper concave enveloped adj. Loosened by drink into fitting every disagreement beneath one broad, downward-curving explanation. upper crusted adj. Emboldened by drink to behave as social elite, despite standing in a queue for chips. upper cutted adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt at a cheerful greeting rises towards the chin. Dorrian got upper cutted and greeted the barman with a rising gesture that nearly involved the optics. upper decked adj. Slowed by drink to the speed of a ship's highest deck in calm weather, with every corridor becoming nautical. upper deckered adj. Drunk and making confident decisions whose consequences will arrive through the plumbing tomorrow. upper esophageal sphinctered adj. Drunk to the point where swallowing has become a formally guarded procedure requiring committee approval. upper garmented adj. Drunk beyond the point where choosing a top layer is possible, yet certain that several are being worn. upper handed adj. Of a drinker who has taken control of the kitchen, including the placement of every mug and spoon. Crus became upper handed and rearranged the cutlery drawer before accepting the glass of water. upper housed adj. A drinker who has established command upstairs and sends down increasingly unnecessary instructions. upper jawed adj. A drinker so far gone that the top half of the face conducts the conversation. upper leaf zoned adj. The state of being drunk and growing steadily towards the highest cushion, like a houseplant seeking light. upper limited adj. The drunkenness of one who keeps removing the first biscuit while estimating how many remain. upper mantled adj. Softened by drink into the warm interior layer of the sofa, beneath the household crust.
upper memory areaed adj. Sharpened by drink into the narrow domestic region where one remembers the kettle but not the cup.