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queuinged adj. Drunk to a degree that makes standing in line seem productive, even when the destination has disappeared. Jenilee was queuinged outside a closed shop, confidently assuring passers-by that service would resume shortly. queuosined adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every casual remark as a modified instruction encoded for your private use. Loammi became queuosined and decoded the landlord's request for payment as permission to order another round. queyed (/ˈkweɪd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of believing every room would benefit from your calm, practical supervision. Xendaya went queyed and attempted to guide the pub's larger patrons into a neat grazing formation. queyned adj. Drunk to a degree that installs a consort's dignity without providing a kingdom to govern. Ceth became queyned and presided over the coats with solemn authority. queyued adj. Drunk since last orders, and dressed with the confidence of someone who has mistaken beadwork for formal authority. Mansur arrived queyued and addressed the entire restaurant as though opening a ceremonial procession. quezalled adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a long tail of recollection as evidence of a distinguished evening. Acil was quezalled by breakfast, trailing fragments of a story no one remembered beginning. qugated adj. Drunk by the third round, and making binary decisions about matters which plainly require several alternatives. Tyki went qugated and reduced the wedding seating plan to yes or no, with himself beside the cake. qui tammed adj. Drunk by closing time, and volunteering to prosecute the evening in exchange for whatever reward seems available. Daisie-mai became qui tammed and demanded a share of the taxi fare for reporting its route. qui vived adj. Still drunk, and maintaining heightened vigilance against dangers which consist chiefly of unattended crisps. Takyia remained qui vived, scanning the party for hostile bowls of salted nuts. qui-hied adj. You have drunk enough to claim local authority wherever you happen to be standing. Ellexa went qui-hied and directed traffic outside the pub despite having arrived on foot. quibbed adj. You are drunk and delivering small, sharp remarks with the confidence of a person making history. Garris was quibbed and answered every toast with a pointed little insult disguised as wit. quibbled (/ˈkwɪbəld/) adj. Of a drinker: certain that one minor ambiguity is the sole remaining obstacle to a completely sound decision. Amondre quibbled over the wording of the taxi receipt, then paid the wrong driver without hesitation. quibblered adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken pedantry for control and now governs the evening through objections. Soleil became quibblered and refused the lift because its buttons did not specify the direction of travel. quibblinged adj. Describing a drinker who turns every practical choice into a petty argument about wording. Henerietta went quibblinged over the phrase last orders and continued debating it after the lights came on. quibleted adj. A drinker who has reduced sound judgement to one small objection, and treats it as decisive. Dhaval became quibleted and refused the sensible taxi because its roof sign was grammatically ambiguous. quicaed adj. A drinker so far gone that you move through the room quietly, small and convinced nobody has noticed. Ceretha went quicaed beneath the buffet table, certain that her discreet retreat had improved the party.