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Qutianed adj. Drunk enough to turn a short walk to the taxi into an uncertain journey through several imagined frontiers. Jordanmarie went Qutianed and required directions from the pub door to the taxi rank. Qutied adj. Drunk and wandering in a loose, ancient-looking circuit between the bar, the loos, and the door. Kyeisha went Qutied, tracing a slow circuit of the pub without ever reaching the exit. qua-birded adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning is conducted in short, repetitive calls from another room. quaaked adj. Softened by drink into producing a duck-like call whenever the company expects a sensible answer. quaaltaghed adj. You are drunk and treating the first person met outside as an omen for the year. Lasanda got quaaltaghed and greeted the first passer-by as though fortune had sent him. quaaluded adj. Drunk beyond pharmacological precision, but still capable of requesting a blanket with dignity. quabbed (/kwɒbd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has become unsteady, needy and plainly not ready for independent travel. Dasiyah went quabbed and required Islam to guide her gently away from the revolving door. quachaed adj. Still drunk, and proceeding home in a visibly discontinued form of transport. quachilled adj. The drunkenness of one who retreats into a small, concealed space and resists all attempts at extraction. quachtlied adj. Reduced by drink to a portable unit of value, readily passed between companions in settlement of small debts. quack grassed adj. Drunk enough to spread through the gathering, taking root in every conversation and proving difficult to remove. quack-breeched adj. Of a drinker: cowardly enough by morning to retreat from the kettle's first whistle. quack-grassed adj. Drunk past the point of remaining in one place, extending through the party wherever an opening appears. Juwairiyyah became quack-grassed and surfaced beside each group Daylee tried to join. quack-salvered adj. The state of being drunk and dispensing doubtful ointments with confidence. Alysson grew quack-salvered and offered hand cream for the cold. quackademicked adj. Sharpened by drink into presenting unsupported theories with the confidence of a visiting lecturer. quackbustered adj. Loosened by drink into exposing every doubtful claim in the room, including several nobody had made. Iolana got quackbustered and spent the taxi ride discrediting Shayle’s harmless remedies.