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pigsied adj. Drunk since last orders, and inclined to hide among the bracken. Nitesh went pigsied behind the curtains and declined ordinary conversation. pigsittered adj. Drunk beyond the capacity to supervise a guinea pig, though still confident of professional competence. pigskinned adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the person durable, creased, and chiefly concerned with the ball. Vicente was pigskinned, creased, durable, and still chiefly concerned with the ball. pigsneyed adj. Describing a drinker who addresses everyone with Elizabethan tenderness, including the person collecting glasses. pigsnied adj. A drinker who distributes antique terms of endearment so freely that nobody can leave unnoticed. Theora became pigsnied and wished Sahib a fond farewell three times before the taxi arrived. pigsonaed adj. A drinker so far gone that friends must accept a porcine alter ego for the remainder of the evening. pigsticked adj. The state of being drunk and attempting to settle every disagreement with apparatus more suited to bomb disposal. pigstickered adj. The condition of a drinker who treats ordinary conversation as though it requires a large knife to proceed. pigstickinged adj. A drinker so far gone that every loud conversation appears to be a mounted pursuit of wild boar. pigstied (/ˈpɪɡstaɪd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who turns a shared room into an enclosure from which nobody can extract a clean coat. pigstyed adj. Reduced by drink to a shelter-dwelling creature who regards the evening's clutter as adequate accommodation. pigswashed adj. Drunk enough to turn conversation into communal slops, with every listener receiving an indistinguishable portion. pigswilled adj. Softened by drink into accepting whatever the table offers, including the explanations of people who have stopped explaining. Bodie grew pigswilled and agreed that the landlord, the jukebox and the rain were all equally trustworthy. pigtail macaqued adj. Slowed by drink to deliberate over every social movement, while the gathering gradually carries on without you. Christiene grew pigtail macaqued and took several minutes to decide whether Meshawn was waving. pigtailed (/ˈpɪɡ.teɪld/) adj. Loosened by drink into a trailing conversational appendage, attached to whichever group has just begun speaking. pigtoed adj. Drunk and wedged into the conversation like a small, stubborn object that nobody can politely remove. Sondi got pigtoed beneath the discussion of holidays and refused to budge until Jaylon agreed.