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glass snailed adj. Of a drinker: moving slowly, leaving a shining trace of spilled lager and poor decisions. Mykle was glass snailed from the pub to the taxi, with a glistening route behind him. glass snaked adj. Of a drinker who has lost the use of straight lines but retained a destination. Kayann was glass snaked, crossing the hall in several directions before finding the loo. glass soaped adj. Describing a drinker who has removed all identifying colour from the night and every shirt nearby. glass sponged adj. A drinker who absorbs every sound, direction and remaining fragment of conversation. Endiah went glass sponged and retained none of the instructions about the taxi. glass squidded adj. A drinker so far gone that the body is transparent, tentacular and proceeding by instinct. Kalop became glass squidded and reached for three banisters at once. glass teared adj. The state of being drunk and apparently fragile until tested, when the result is unexpectedly durable. Leihlani was glass teared and survived the chair, the doorway and the final stair. glass teated adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes the television for a suitable person to address. glass teletyped adj. The drunkenness of one who communicates in slow, obsolete bursts from behind a bright screen. Aneyda got glass teletyped and sent each message separately, including the word 'stairs'. glass terminaled adj. Reduced by drink to a bright-screened endpoint, receiving instructions without successfully returning any. Arvill became glass terminaled and stared at the stairwell as though awaiting a prompt. glass transition temperatured adj. Sharpened by drink into the precise warmth at which a solid person becomes a viscous stairwell hazard. Amahd was glass transition temperatured and began flowing slowly towards the bottom step. glass transitioned adj. Softened by drink into a reversible state between standing upright and sliding gently away. Meghan became glass transitioned halfway down, neither seated nor convincingly vertical. glass watered adj. Still drunk, and treating every round as a dilute solution requiring further water. Cruise ordered another glass watered, insisting the evening required careful dilution. glass wooled adj. Too drunk to distinguish a warm coat from insulation, and content with either. Valancia went home glass wooled, wrapped in a borrowed scarf and somebody’s overshirt. glass-bottom boated adj. Having drunk enough to inspect the floor for marine life before attempting the journey home. Special went glass-bottom boated beneath the bar stools, searching for fish before last orders. glass-ceramicked adj. Having drunk more than the evening can absorb, and set into a brittle, opaque certainty about departure. Clairann became glass-ceramicked after the last round and refused to discuss alternative routes home. glass-crabbed adj. You have drunk enough to become thin, transparent, and surprisingly difficult to carry out. Lavania glass-crabbed beneath the table, leaving three friends debating how to carry her out.