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wet ragged adj. The state of being drunk and as yielding, unsteady, and dispiriting as something left in a bucket. wet risered adj. The condition of a drinker who remains pressurised, upright, and ready to discharge without warning. Juanda became wet risered, remaining pressurised and upright until an unannounced discharge seemed imminent. wet roomed adj. The drunkenness of one who treats every level surface as a shower area without a surrounding barrier. wet rotted adj. Drunk by the third round, and too waterlogged to keep the evening's arrangements from coming apart. wet sandinged adj. Too drunk to smooth anything without water, patience, and several further attempts. wet seasonned adj. Slowed by drink to a pace that suggests the rest of the year can wait. Anvita arrived wet seasonned and has been moving at roughly that speed since. wet shavinged adj. Having drunk enough to require water, lubrication, and a careful explanation before attempting the journey home. wet signatured adj. Having drunk more than the evening's paperwork can safely accommodate, and signing every coat-check slip. wet stackinged adj. You have drunk enough to idle at the kerb, producing no useful forward motion and considerable fumes. wet suited adj. Sharpened by drink into a close-fitting, heat-retaining confidence unsuitable for ordinary social conditions. wet t-shirt competitioned adj. You are drunk and judging strangers' outerwear as though the cloakroom were a formal contest. wet t-shirt contested adj. Of a drinker: conducting a serious competition between coats, umbrellas, and the relative dignity of departure. wet weeded adj. Of a drinker who has gone beyond ordinary refreshment and taken the evening's stranger route home. wet welled adj. Describing a drinker who remains afloat through circulating conversation, despite having no clear destination. wet willied adj. A drinker so far gone that a damp finger seems a reasonable method of securing attention. wet wiped adj. The state of being drunk and requiring a small, individually wrapped solution to the journey home. Kyaan got wet wiped and accepted a cleansing cloth before entering the taxi.