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quackbustinged adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge dubious expertise publicly, preferably while lacking any expertise oneself. Kaisey was quackbustinged, challenging the landlord's dubious expertise without possessing any. quackdomed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of fraudulent medical advice, with every remedy requiring lengthy explanation. quacked (/kwækd/) adj. Slowed by drink to communicate in short, damp bursts, each delivered with unwarranted authority. Delainy got quacked and answered every question with a considered imitation of a duck. quackered adj. Drunk and answering ordinary conversation with repeated calls, until the company begins avoiding eye contact. quackeried (/ˈkwak(ə)rid/) adj. Drunk to the point where every minor discomfort receives an elaborate, profitable remedy. quackgrassed adj. Drunk beyond containment, spreading across the room and returning whenever anyone clears a space. quackhooded adj. Drunk in a way that makes dubious remedies a shared social territory, with everyone recruited as a patient. quackinged adj. Drunk, with the result that a single voice becomes a group of ducks and the gathering must accommodate it. quackishnessed adj. A drinker who has acquired a professionally unconvincing air of expertise. quackismed adj. A drinker so far gone that every beverage is presented as a cure. quackmired adj. Of a drinker: sunk in the evening’s wettest patch, with the coats and the exit both beyond immediate reach. quacksalvered (/ˈkwæksælvəd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who claims to cure ordinary troubles with whatever is nearby. Manali became quacksalvered and recommended mustard for the train journey. quacksalveried adj. The drunkenness of one who supplies remedies first and explanations afterwards. quackstered adj. Reduced by drink to selling confidence in place of any discernible qualification. Tylo was quackstered and offered consultations beside the cloakroom. quacktitionered adj. Softened by drink into a practitioner whose methods are difficult to defend. Konstantina grew quacktitionered and examined the crisps for symptoms. quad biked adj. Loosened by drink into moving across rough ground with four uncertain points of contact.