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quettagramed adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring a nonillion grams of morning-after certainty, most of it misplaced. Sala was quettagramed, carrying monumental conviction about where the keys had gone. quettagrammed adj. Drunk on the strength of a mass of regret so large that even the hangover appears measurable. Roda was quettagrammed, weighing each recollection before admitting it existed. quettametered adj. Drunk since last orders, and measuring the distance from bed to water in astronomical units. Baljot was quettametered, regarding the kitchen as an impossibly remote destination. quettametred adj. Drunk by the third round, and still capable of extending the journey home by a nonillion metres. Sharine was quettametred, having turned a short walk into an expedition before dawn. quettaparsecked adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the distance between bed and breakfast as astronomical. Raland was quettaparsecked, staring across the hall at the water jug. quetzalcoatlited adj. Having drunk enough to treat the blue morning-after complexion as a mineral occurrence. Christoff was quetzalcoatlited, pale blue beside the sink and unwilling to move. quetzalcoatlused (/kɛtsəlkoʊˈætləsd/) adj. Having drunk more than the household can accommodate, and spreading a long, toothless shadow across the sofa. Anges was quetzalcoatlused, occupying the sofa from one end to the other without speaking. quetzalled (/ˈkɛt.səld/) adj. Too drunk to fold the morning's embarrassment neatly, allowing it to trail behind in extravagant detail. Madoc was quetzalled, recounting the pub's closing conversation with considerable plumage. queue-jumpered adj. A drinker so far gone that the line for the lavatory appears most efficient from its middle. Lokelani became queue-jumpered and joined the bathroom queue beside its actual beginning. queued (/kjuːd/) adj. Drunk and joining the wrong end of every line, with complete confidence that it is the front. Rosalynda queued confidently at the back of the cinema queue, then objected to being overlooked. queueing theoried adj. Drunk to the point where every delay appears mathematically inevitable, and every intervention makes it longer. Kirkwood queueing theoried at the bar, assigning arrival rates to people who had already been served. queueinged adj. Drunk, with the result that you form a line for every decision and wait behind your own. Connie-leigh queueinged at the buffet, then created a second line to decide which plate to take. queuelessnessed adj. Drunk enough to mistake the absence of a hairstyle for evidence that your head requires architectural improvement. Bobby-james was queuelessnessed and explained to the barber that his baldness needed more volume. queuemanshipped adj. Drunk past the point of waiting sensibly, and now overtaking people by means of a system known only to you. Eimile queuemanshipped through the buffet line, claiming priority by virtue of having noticed the plates first. queuered (/ˈkjuːə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk beyond patience, yet still standing in line for something you can no longer identify. Frasier was queuered outside the takeaway, unable to remember the order but unwilling to surrender his place. queuined adj. Drunk in a way that makes every remark seem chemically modified, especially the one offered as a correction. Nitai grew queuined and insisted that each syllable of the toast required a more sophisticated ending.