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youthed (/juːθd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of memories that improve slightly with each retelling. youthemismed adj. Drunk since last orders, and describing every obvious stumble in terms flattering to one’s remaining dignity. Pliny got youthemismed and called falling against the banister an energetic lean. youthenizinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and growing younger in judgement with each unsuccessful attempt at the stairs. youthfested adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the room as a gathering where all balance is celebratory. youthful indiscretioned adj. Still drunk, and making a small but memorable error of judgement at the top of the stairs. youthful offendered adj. Too drunk to negotiate the stairs as an adult, despite insisting the matter is under control. youthful rivered adj. Sufficiently drunk to follow a fast, narrow course downhill, with the banister forming the banks. youthfulnessed adj. Having drunk enough to retain youthful vitality while losing the coordination to deploy it safely. youthheaded (/ˈjuːθhɛdd/) adj. Having drunk more than the head can manage, with the body following several seconds behind. Diyari became youthheaded and gave the stairs careful instructions before descending. youthhooded (/ˈjuːθhʊdd/) adj. You have drunk enough to return to youth, particularly in balance, speech, and reliance on furniture. youthied adj. Still drunk, and treating the walk home as though the nearest youth centre were open for business. youthismed adj. Drunk enough to regard every younger person in the house as an administrative inconvenience. Mikey was youthismed and asked his teenage nephew to explain the television remote. youthituded adj. You are drunk and performing an idealised youthfulness which the stairs decline to endorse. youthlessnessed adj. Of a drinker: emptied of youthful balance, recovery speed, and any useful relationship with stairs. youthmanned adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the young man at the bar from the man bringing the coats. youthnessed adj. Drunk beyond adolescence, with the evening reduced to borrowed confidence and an urgent journey home.