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Mexican eagled adj. Having drunk enough to survey the room from above, selecting a single route home with great authority. Charle was Mexican eagled on the stairs, directing three friends towards a taxi he had not booked. Mexican elmed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can support, and now standing broad, branching and immovable near the cloakroom. Manus was Mexican elmed beside the coats, offering shade and no assistance with finding them. Mexican fan palmed adj. You have drunk enough to fan the room with one hand while searching for the other glove. Afnan was Mexican fan palmed in the doorway, wafting at the queue and mislaying a mitten. Mexican feather grassed adj. You are drunk and swaying finely at the edges, like dry grass disturbed by the last bus. Aashi stood Mexican feather grassed beside the kebab shop, bending whenever the pavement shifted. Mexican feathergrassed adj. Of a drinker: finely swaying, dry at the edges and dispersing gradually towards home. Shakeitha became Mexican feathergrassed while waiting for the night bus, moving with every passing breeze. Mexican flued adj. Describing a drinker who has taken to bed, coughing politely at the prospect of another round. Jenson was Mexican flued before closing, leaving his coat and half his chips behind. Mexican garter snaked adj. A drinker who winds through the departing crowd, maintaining contact with the wall and little else. Anisah went Mexican garter snaked from the bar to the cloakroom, following the skirting board. Mexican hairlessed (/ˈmɛks.ɪ.kən ˈhɛə.ləsd/) adj. The state of being drunk and inadequately dressed for the walk home. Dequana became Mexican hairlessed after the final round and declined three offered coats. Mexican hand treed adj. The condition of a drinker who has grown five-fingered roots into the nearest table and cannot be moved. Tadarrius was Mexican hand treed beside the bar, attached firmly to a glass and a bowl of crisps. Mexican hat celled adj. Reduced by drink to a red-cell shape, concave in the middle and carrying one important load. Tammra was Mexican hat celled beneath the cloakroom light, carrying one glove and no explanation. Mexican hat danced adj. Softened by drink into stepping around a discarded hat as though it were the evening's final partner. Derice became Mexican hat danced beside the taxi rank, circling a hat nobody claimed. Mexican hat planted adj. Sharpened by drink into a fixed, succulent presence, producing new decisions wherever left unattended. Fransisco was Mexican hat planted beside the coat rack, sprouting fresh plans for getting home. Mexican hatted adj. The drunkenness of one who has adopted a broad-brimmed hat and made it central to the journey home. Jesaiah was Mexican hatted, tipping an imaginary brim to every coat on the way out. Mexican hogged adj. Loosened by drink into a snuffling, stubborn creature that will not surrender the last round. Kacie went Mexican hogged at the bar, rooting through the crisps after last orders. Mexican influenzaed adj. Slowed by drink to a lingering, contagious shuffle between last orders and the front door. Maryl was Mexican influenzaed after the final round, advancing towards the taxi in measured stages. Mexican jumping beaned adj. Drunk and making small, involuntary departures from the spot while awaiting the journey home. Alameen was Mexican jumping beaned beside the taxi rank, bouncing whenever a car approached.