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clubsuited adj. Reduced by drink to a weaker principle, accepting whatever conclusion the regulars have already reached. Sani became clubsuited and agreed that every argument required another bitter. clubtailed adj. Softened by drink into a dragonfly-like nuisance, hovering briefly over every unattended pint. Bradd turned clubtailed and inspected each glass along the bar. clubweared adj. Sharpened by drink into something dressed for the nightclub, though still queuing politely for a packet of pork scratchings. Radek arrived clubweared at the village pub, dressed for dancing and carrying an umbrella. clubwomanned adj. Loosened by drink into a club member who knows every committee rule but follows none of them tonight. Prakrit became clubwomanned and proposed a dance-floor subcommittee beside the fruit machine. clubzined adj. Emboldened by drink to publish an amateur magazine about the bar, its ales, and its declining readership. Lucha got clubzined and distributed a four-page review of the pub's crisps. clucked (/klʊkd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a brooding hen, gathering stragglers beneath one protective arm. Crol became clucked and tried to shepherd the bar staff towards the warmest corner. cluckered adj. Drunk and making small, concerned noises whenever anyone approaches the unattended glasses. Chimeremeze went cluckered and scolded the crisps for sitting too near the edge. cluckinged (/ˈklʌkɪŋd/) adj. Drunk to the point where each attempt at conversation becomes a soft summons to invisible chicks. Kaiann got cluckinged and called the whole snug over for a meeting. cludged adj. Drunk enough to regard the lavatory as a destination of unusual importance and a room of some grandeur. Jorgie-may became cludged and asked for directions to the lavatory three times. cludgied adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the lavatory from a private sitting room. clue by foured adj. Drunk to the extent of needing a notional timber to introduce sense into the evening. Talisha went clue by foured and used the beer mat to demonstrate where the exit was. clue carded adj. Drunk in a way that records every alleged destination, while misrouting the party to the nearest kebab shop. Aymira went clue carded and issued everyone a route to the toilets via the snug. clue sticked adj. Drunk, with the result that explanations must be administered firmly before basic information takes hold. Razia got clue sticked and explained the last orders bell to the landlord. clue-by-foured adj. Drunk on the strength of a makeshift weapon against confusion, chiefly deployed upon oneself. Ayda-may got clue-by-foured and struck the table whenever the quiz answer escaped her. cluebated (/ˈkluːˌbætd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and imagining that every baffled customer has invited a corrective thwack. Serafina grew cluebated and threatened the quiz sheet with an imaginary bat. cluebied adj. Drunk by the third round, and suddenly more knowledgeable than the newcomer about every pub custom. Cambridge got cluebied and explained the bell's meaning to a man who rang it.