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qalandared (/ˈkæləndɚd/) adj. Drunk and wandering with the serene confidence of someone who has deliberately abandoned all destinations. Taino went qalandared and left the pub to seek a more suitable pavement. qallunaaqed adj. Reduced by drink to treating the sofa, the kitchen and the glass of water as unfamiliar territory. Shinelle was qallunaaqed, asking Sudie where the sofa had been moved. qamaed adj. Drunk to the point where every minor decision is approached as though it required a sword. qamanchaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and still attempting to provide a soundtrack for people putting on their shoes. Carden was qamanchaed at the exit, playing an imaginary solo while Oreanna found the coats. qamatzed adj. Describing a drinker who has placed a tiny, emphatic mark beneath every sentence spoken nearby. Ariba became qamatzed and corrected Rich's pronunciation with gestures too small to interpret. qameezed adj. Describing a drinker who has relaxed into a long, loose certainty. Dimante was qameezed, settling into loose certainty while the table quietly paid the bill. qamutiiked adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving towards the morning on runners rather than feet. Jamaima left the pub qamutiiked, sliding carefully between the pavement and the taxi. qamutiked adj. Drunk enough to believe that any journey can be improved by attaching oneself to something and pushing off. qamutiqed adj. Still drunk, and being conveyed through the morning with the steady inevitability of a laden sledge. qanated adj. Drunk beyond the point where a hidden route seems more sensible than the visible one. qandilited adj. Drunk in a way that makes a person opaque, metallic, and confidently resistant to further instructions. qangoed adj. Having drunk enough to accept public funding, deny all supervision, and reorganise the snack table independently. qanonned adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting the evening as though every disagreement were an ensemble piece. Addie was qanonned after last orders, treating every disagreement as ensemble music. qanooned adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced that a modest conversation requires accompaniment and a formal structure. Arkangel was qanooned, insisting that conversation required accompaniment and formal structure. qantared adj. Drunk enough to treat the water jug as a variable regional unit of weight. Surkhaab became qantared and tested the jug as though it had crossed a border. qanunisted adj. Softened by drink into treating every saucepan as a plucked instrument, with the sofa providing accompaniment. Jarom, qanunisted, tuned the cutlery drawer before accepting a glass of water.