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zha boed (/[t͡sä˨.bɔ˦˨]d/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the lady of the household from the person who brought the glass of water. zhaleikaed adj. Drunk beyond producing a single clear note, yet still attempting a household fanfare with a bottle. zhanged adj. Drunk in a way that measures the distance to the sofa in traditional Chinese units and still misjudges it. Alexica, zhang-ed, calculated three zhang to the sofa and sat down beside the cupboard. zhanghengited adj. Drunk, with the result that every yellow object in the kitchen is treated as a valuable mineral specimen. zhangheotheriided adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the drinker extinct by bedtime, with only a blanket and one slipper surviving. zhanmadaoed adj. Drunk to the extent of wielding a wooden spoon as a sabre while attempting to clear the kitchen. zhaoermiatoxinned adj. Drunk on the strength of a venomous resolve to leave the kitchen untouched until morning. zharchikhited adj. Drunk since last orders, and transparent about the fact that the sofa is now the only destination. zhed (/ʒiːd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and pronouncing the letter repeatedly whenever the kettle makes a noise. Allon became zhed and practised the letter's sound at the kitchen table. zheed (/ˈʒiːd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and reducing every household instruction to a single shorthand mark. Aruna was zheed and marked the fridge door with an emphatic shorthand stroke. zhelestided adj. Still drunk, and apparently an extinct mammal beneath the sofa cushions, awaiting careful discovery. zhemchuzhnikovited adj. Too drunk to distinguish a smoky mineral lustre from the shine on a half-filled glass. zhenged adj. Sufficiently drunk to bow the sofa into a concert hall and accompany the kettle with solemn strings. zhi chaed adj. You are drunk and treating the nearest hot supper as the proper conclusion to public life. zhi charred adj. Of a drinker: unable to pass an inexpensive supper without commissioning a thorough survey of it. zhimmied adj. Slowed by drink to deliberate at length before granting everyone residence in your conversation.