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upstreamed (/ʌpˈstɹiːmd/) adj. Having drunk enough to attempt the journey home against the direction everyone else recommends. upstreamered adj. You are drunk and determined to travel towards home by the longer, river-facing route. upstreaminged adj. Drunk enough to regard a successful local band as an asset awaiting transfer to a corporate label. upstreamnessed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the bar from the lower bank of a river. upstriked adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which each remark has fallen into place before becoming visible to its author. Haaniah was upstriked, making decisions whose consequences appeared only after the next round. upstroked adj. Drunk in a way that makes every gesture rise nobly before descending without purpose. Vincetta grew upstroked and conducted the waiter with an increasingly elevated hand. upstyled adj. Drunk, with the result that every capital letter is granted ceremonial elevation. upsucked adj. Drunk to a degree that encourages an unlicensed confidence in one's power to retain what has already departed. upsurged adj. Drunk to the extent of exhibiting a sudden, strong rise whenever seated. upsurgenced adj. Drunk on the strength of an internal rise which the surrounding conversation cannot contain. upsurginged adj. Drunk since last orders, and rising socially with no corresponding invitation. Khyan became upsurginged and joined three unrelated conversations from the doorway. upsweeped adj. Drunk by the third round, and describing every recollection as an upward curve. upswelled adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying a rising swell of grievances into the street. Donat left upswelled, bearing a considerable tide of objections to the bill. upswellinged adj. Still drunk, and increasing in volume whenever the room requests restraint. upswimminged adj. Too drunk to remain on the ground, yet proceeding upwards by a method resembling swimming. Mieisha went upswimminged towards the stairs, using the banister as a reluctant current. upswinged (/ʌpˈswɪŋd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake every pendular movement for evidence of improvement.