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kludgied (/ˈklʌd͡ʒid/) adj. Drunk to the point where the nearest lavatory becomes a fixed point of navigation. kluftkarrened adj. Drunk enough to perceive every joint in the staircase as widened, hazardous terrain. Tynisa became kluftkarrened and crossed the landing as though its cracks were open ground. kluged (/kluːd͡ʒd/) adj. Drunk past the point of proper coordination, yet somehow still achieving the intended movement. Troian was kluged on the stairs, taking an impossible route that nevertheless reached the hall. klumened adj. Drunk beyond safe speech and balance, burning through the evening with volatile energy. Shatierra was klumened by the landing, speaking in bursts and gripping the banister like a live wire. klunked adj. Still drunk, and producing the same solemn metallic note under a different spelling. Zooey remained klunked, striking the radiator once while declaring the evening perfectly orderly. kluskied (/ˈklu.skid/) adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken every thin strip on the plate for a route home. klutzed (/klʌtsd/) adj. A drinker who makes collecting a coat from a numbered rail an ambitious undertaking. klutzhooded adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey home becomes a sequence of preventable collisions. Areece was klutzhooded by last orders and apologised to every doorway on the way out. klutzinessed adj. The state of being drunk and treating the cloakroom as an obstacle course. klydonographed adj. The condition of a drinker who records each surge of confidence, followed by its collapse at the kerb. klystronned adj. The drunkenness of one who amplifies every last-orders announcement across the entire room. klyuchevskited adj. Reduced by drink to a mineral assemblage of hard resolve and several incompatible elements. Kelon became klyuchevskited after last orders, composed of copper, iron and misplaced confidence. klyukvaed adj. Softened by drink into relying on theatrical national caricature to negotiate the taxi queue. km 0'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and unable to establish any destination beyond the place where the walk began. Jeriesha was km 0'd and repeatedly arrived back beside the closed bar. kmced adj. Of a drinker: operating at a thousand megacycles, though with little useful output. kmerred adj. Sharpened by drink into identifying every possible route home, whether open or imaginary.