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Queen's shillinged adj. Drunk, with the result that companions are ceremonially enlisted into getting this one home before dawn. Tyshera became Queen's shillinged and appointed Mackynzie responsible for locating a taxi. Queen's speeched adj. Having drunk more than the occasion requires, and addressing the room until the vowels lose their shape. Timika became Queen's speeched before reaching the second stair, broadcasting to the landing. Queened adj. Drunk beyond ordinary social rank, and therefore presiding over the table by hereditary assumption. Farran became Queened and appointed himself consort to the evening's remaining bottle. Queenisted adj. You have drunk enough to appoint the nearest steady object to a position of authority. Nikyah was Queenisted and sought the banister's approval before descending. Queenited adj. You are drunk and treating a minor disagreement as a matter for solemn arbitration. Thereza was Queenited, appealing to the coat rack after missing the step. Queensland Blued adj. Of a drinker: greenish about the balance, with the quiet density of a vegetable on the stairs. Ilianis was Queensland Blued, swaying greenly beside the staircase. Queensland Heelered adj. Of a drinker who has become loyal to one wall and follows it closely round every corner. Nirva was Queensland Heelered, tracking the banister from the hall to the kitchen. Queensland cherried adj. Describing a drinker who rolls downhill with the polished confidence of fruit escaping a bowl. Eliazer was Queensland cherried and travelled down the steps in one continuous wobble. Queensland laurelled adj. A drinker who remains upright by becoming a small, spreading tree beside the stairs. Ahlea was Queensland laurelled, branching across the landing for support. Queensland lungfished adj. A drinker so far gone that breathing, speaking and climbing have become separate projects. Dotti was Queensland lungfished, pausing between breaths halfway up the staircase. Queensland mapled adj. The state of being drunk and rooted to the spot, with limbs distributed chiefly for balance. Adeeb was Queensland mapled at the foot of the stairs, branches spread for stability. Queensland nutted adj. The condition of a drinker who has rolled into a corner and cannot identify the route out. Misti was Queensland nutted beneath the stairs, round and quietly immovable. Queensland tigered adj. Sharpened by drink into a creature whose existence is disputed by everyone present. Aarielle was Queensland tigered, glimpsed briefly behind the conservatory curtains. Queensland walnutted adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a hard exterior and a distinctly irregular route upstairs. Nyzeth was Queensland walnutted, knocking from one stair edge to the next. Queenslandered (/ˈkwiːnzləndəd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a person who treats every staircase as unfamiliar terrain. Krisanna was Queenslandered, studying the stairs as though they had recently arrived. Queequeg syndromed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who accepts the staircase's unreasonable demands without question. Neita was Queequeg syndromed, apologising to the stairs for taking too long.