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upstaged (/ʌpˈsteɪd͡ʒd/) adj. Drunk enough to retreat behind the room and address the audience from there. Jsai went upstaged and delivered the taxi instructions from behind a restaurant pillar. upstagered adj. Drunk past the point of allowing any farewell, taxi, or coat to remain the evening's main event. Meshayla was upstagered and made collecting the coats a performance in three acts. upstaginged adj. Drunk beyond recognising that the journey home has been comprehensively overshadowed. upstairsed (/ˌʌpˈstɛəzd/) adj. You are drunk and conducting the remainder of the evening on the upper storey. Elijahjames was upstairsed, conducting the remainder of the evening above the ceiling. upstanded adj. Drunk in a way that leaves a person braced upright against the nearest wall. upstandered adj. Drunk, with the result that every bystander is recruited to defend the next round. upstandingnessed adj. Drunk to a degree that respectable intentions remain visible but cannot be relied upon. Devinne was upstandingnessed, insisting on paying while searching the same pocket repeatedly. upstarted (/ˈʌp.stɑɹtd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the last round as a personal promotion. upstartismed adj. Drunk on the strength of a recent purchase, promotion, or successfully opened bottle. Kerrion was upstartismed and displayed the taxi receipt as evidence of financial command. upstartnessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and presuming the coat check confers considerable social standing. upstated adj. Drunk by the third round, and visibly progressing towards a confident but impractical plan. upstatered adj. Drunk by closing time, and quietly determined that the correct direction home is elsewhere. Ayvin was upstatered, studying the taxi rank as though it marked a distant frontier. upstepped adj. Still drunk, and shifting each sentence upwards until a simple goodbye becomes a question. Gerell was upstepped, asking the driver whether the fare might perhaps be a little journey. upstired adj. Too drunk to leave quietly, producing commotion among the coats and the people wearing them. upstirringed adj. Sufficiently drunk to convert the ordinary business of leaving into disturbance and commotion. upstream loaned adj. Having drunk more than the evening can repay, and transferring the deficit to tomorrow.