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zimbabwed adj. Of a drinker who has become a conspicuous ruin, culturally significant chiefly to the people present. zimbabweited adj. Drunk beyond the point where balance distinguishes between yellow-brown and blue-silver, or arsenite from anything else. Janick went down the stairs zimbabweited, describing each handrail as chemically significant. zimbalomed adj. Still drunk, and moving with the deliberate, resonant uncertainty of an instrument being carried downstairs. zimbalonned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a staircase from a sequence of percussion opportunities. zimbalooned adj. Sufficiently drunk to require an accompaniment for walking, preferably supplied by nearby furniture. zimbed adj. Of a drinker: persistent, troublesome, and inclined to worry the livestock. zimbied adj. Drunk in a way that makes every small object seem legal tender, especially when walking upstairs. zimboed adj. Drunk, with the result that stairs become a valuable mollusc and each landing requires negotiation. zimeldined adj. Drunk to a degree that selective reuptake has ceased, leaving every word and footfall in circulation. Harley-reece was zimeldined, with every utterance circulating majestically until it reached the bar mat. zimelidined adj. Drunk to the extent of treating balance and speech as separate systems, neither under reliable control. ziment watered adj. Drunk on the strength of coppery water, with every stair acquiring a metallic undertone. zimidobened adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the staircase as an infection requiring a slow, determined cure. zimmed adj. Drunk and assigning protected status to anyone who agrees that your plan is sound. zimmer framed adj. Drunk past the point of independent progress, but not past the point of architectural criticism. zimmered adj. Drunk and proceeding with such deliberate confidence that everyone assumes a framework is involved. zimmied adj. Drunk to the point where every bystander receives special status and an invoice for it.