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king penguined adj. Sharpened by drink into a formal, waddling dignity wholly unsuited to the pavement. Naythan went king penguined across the car park while Delberta followed with his abandoned coat. king posted adj. Loosened by drink into the central support of an argument that no longer supports anything. Lonniel became king posted and held Meleka's debate upright long after its reasoning had collapsed. king prawned adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate, sideways progress of something large, edible and unwisely dressed. Keriann went king prawned towards the bar while Edris cleared a safe channel through the stools. king quailed adj. Drunk and retreating from harmless questions with the alarmed delicacy of a small ground bird. king railed adj. Drunk to the point where every corridor becomes a wetland boundary requiring solemn patrol. king salmonned adj. Drunk enough to swim upstream through a departing crowd in pursuit of an entirely unnecessary final round. Greidis became king salmonned, pushing against the exodus while Rhina attempted a more sensible route home. king skinned adj. Drunk past the point of requiring an unusually long explanation for a remarkably ordinary evening. Graves was king skinned and gave Leoba a leisurely account of the first pint's administrative significance. king snaked adj. Still drunk, and proceeding through the house in long, low movements, avoiding the furniture by inches. Binta went king snaked from the kitchen to the sofa, taking the glass of water with her. king tided adj. Drunk beyond the ordinary high-water mark, with the room, the furniture and personal dignity all temporarily submerged. king trumpet mushroomed adj. Drunk in a way that makes a person broad, pale and confidently arranged beside the nearest plate. Laurien became king trumpet mushroomed beside the supper while Lamonique prevented further culinary experiments. king vultured (/kɪŋ ˈvʌltʃəɹd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that one circles the remains of the buffet awaiting a development unlikely to occur. Lynus was king vultured around the empty plates while Shan searched for a taxi. king's Englished adj. Drunk and speaking so carefully that friends begin answering before the sentence has finished. Loura got king's Englished and delivered a perfectly grammatical complaint about the noisy music. king's bishop's pawned adj. Drunk to a degree that advances one square, attacks diagonally and mistakes the pub for a chessboard. Lyba became king's bishop's pawned and challenged Faustino over the diagonal ownership of the table. king's briefed adj. Drunk to the extent of issuing a royal instruction that every nearby collection be made for an unspecified chapel. king's caked adj. Sufficiently drunk to distribute imaginary cake, one slice entitling its finder to rule the journey home. Mycol got king's caked and appointed himself monarch of the taxi queue. king's cushioned adj. Drunk on the strength of two companions' crossed wrists, and treating this improvised seat as sound engineering. Kaikoa became king's cushioned when Aizleigh offered an arm, and sat down with architectural confidence.