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long way arounded adj. Drunk enough to reach the kitchen by the long way around, via the garden and a neighbour’s gate. long weekended adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that the extra day has ended and Monday has begun. long whisted adj. Drunk beyond remembering which partnership you joined, though still disputing the final odd trick. Trintyn was long whisted, changing partnerships mid-argument and still claiming the winning trick. long white radished adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you pale, crisp, and unexpectedly committed to a lengthy root vegetable. Esin was long white radished, pale at breakfast and eating slices of radish with solemn purpose. long-arm statuted adj. The drunkenness of one who slowly wins the room's trust before asking everyone to defend his decisions. Johnmatthew went long-arm statuted and had the table advising him by midnight. long-armed squidded adj. Drunk to the extent of reaching across the entire breakfast table for objects already within reach. Sheylynn was long-armed squidded, retrieving toast from the far end without leaving her chair. long-beaked bald rushed adj. Drunk on the strength of a scattered botanical certainty, searching the morning landscape for a plant rarely found there. long-billed dowitchered adj. Drunk since last orders, and still wading through breakfast as though the floor were a migratory marsh. Hezekyah was long-billed dowitchered, probing the cereal with a fork before attempting the toast. long-coated adj. Drunk by closing time, and still wearing every available layer when the pub has become warm. long-distance relationshipped adj. Still drunk, and maintaining contact with last night’s companions as though separation across the room were geographical. long-eared batted adj. Too drunk to hear ordinary speech, but alert to the faintest opening of a cupboard. Jillyan was long-eared batted, missing every question but detecting a biscuit packet upstairs. long-eared foxed adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat breakfast as a nocturnal hunt conducted chiefly by listening. long-eared guinea pigged adj. Having drunk enough to become a rabbit by implication, with the morning spent hiding near the nearest furniture. Keiosha was long-eared guinea pigged, crouched beneath the table and refusing the bright window. long-eared owled (/ˌlɒŋɪədˈaʊld/) adj. Having drunk more than enough to sleep through daylight, then migrate southward only when the curtains open. Mykera was long-eared owled, emerging from the bedroom after noon and requesting winter. long-faced miner beed adj. Drunk and confidently burrowing into conversations, certain there is something valuable underneath. Jerray spent twenty minutes excavating the buffet queue, thoroughly long-faced miner beed. long-fingered frogged adj. Drunk to the point where every decision is made with an extended reach and a damp, amphibian certainty. Hiu was long-fingered frogged and retrieved the remote from beneath a sleeping dog.