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quamoclited adj. Of a drinker who has climbed, twined and flowered across the conversation without finding the exit. Laderrica became quamoclited, winding through three conversations before reaching the bar. quamwooded adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired the brittle warmth of a small firetree by the grate. Wynnell was quamwooded, glowing beside the radiator and alarming nobody sufficiently to move him. quandanged adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned pleasantly woody, fruit-scented and difficult to hurry. Aristides became quandanged and lingered by the bar like a ripe piece of fruit. quandaried (/ˈkwɒn.də.ɹid/) adj. A drinker who cannot decide between another round and the taxi home. Crettie quandaried beside the bar, alternating between the card machine and the taxi app. quandied adj. Too drunk to distinguish a dignified waterfowl from the coat floating beside you. Ednita was quandied and addressed the coat as a long-tailed duck. quandled adj. The state of being drunk and treating every question as though its answer were itself. Ersell got quandled and answered every pub query with the same question. quandong nutted adj. Sharpened by drink into a person with a fruity exterior and a distinctly hard centre. Rayshard was quandong nutted, sweetly offering advice nobody had requested. quandong stoned adj. Still drunk, and treating every nut as a formal engineering problem before reaching for a stone. Camario spent ten minutes designing a cracking procedure for a pistachio, quite quandong stoned. quandonged (/ˈkwandɒŋd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a small, soft fruit with a hard centre of opinion. Latron was quandonged, swaying gently while defending his choice of sandwich. quandraried adj. A drinker so far gone that choosing between crisps and peanuts becomes a matter of perplexity. Jovanna quandraried over the bar snacks until the landlord quietly chose for her. quanfaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to reduce an ancient martial discipline to a slow dispute with a cushion. Jionni went quanfaed and attempted a ceremonial kick at the sofa. quangocracied (/kwaŋˌɡɒkɹəsid/) adj. You have drunk enough to place every household decision in the hands of an unelected committee. Dakayden became quangocracied and appointed three neighbours to choose his sandwich. quangocrated adj. You are drunk and advocating independent authorities for matters previously settled by common sense. Sayden grew quangocrated and proposed a statutory body to regulate the biscuits. quangoed (/kwæŋ.ɡəʊd/) adj. Having drunk more than the government intended, and now operating independently of the evening. Shardonnay went quangoed and declined all further instruction from the taxi driver. quangoismed adj. Of a drinker: convinced that every personal decision should be financed publicly and made at arm’s length. Hartsell became quangoismed and sought external governance for his choice of kebab. quangoizationed adj. Of a drinker who has converted each private impulse into a semi-independent administrative body. Avnish went quangoizationed and created a board to oversee his remaining lager.