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queeked adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary speech, communicating chiefly in the manner of a small bird. Beatris was queeked and gave the barman a concise avian account of the evening. queen angelfished adj. Drunk to the extent of displaying coral-reef colours, courtly bearing, and an unnecessary forehead emblem. Jamari became queen angelfished and wore a beer mat as a ceremonial crown. queen appled adj. The state of being drunk and red-faced, soft-fleshed, and unexpectedly early to the morning after. queen bee acided adj. The drunkenness of one who has become chemically royal, sticky with last night's confidence and sour by breakfast. queen bee syndromed adj. Reduced by drink to a morning-after authority who is kinder to men than to every woman in the kitchen. queen beed adj. The condition of a drinker who has slept badly but still expects everyone to attend to her. Edin arrived queen beed, issuing breakfast instructions from beneath the duvet. queen caked (/ˈkwiːn keɪkd/) adj. Softened by drink into a small, tender, currant-studded ruin by breakfast. queen celled adj. Slowed by drink to a peanut-shaped stillness, best left undisturbed until the headache has developed fully. Masheka lay queen celled in the spare room, curled tightly around a glass of water. queen conched adj. Drunk and sealed in a hard, ornamental silence, with the tide of the evening still audible within. Dalynn sat queen conched at breakfast, hearing every conversation but joining none. queen consorted adj. Drunk to the point where the morning is treated as a royal household awaiting one’s return to bed. queen cupped adj. Drunk past the point of emerging neatly, retaining only a large, upright receptacle for tea and regret. Jahque was queen cupped, sitting vertically in bed and refusing to discuss the previous night. queen dowagered adj. Drunk beyond mourning the evening itself, having outlived its festivities and inherited the empty bottles. Lalisa was queen dowagered by breakfast, surveying the bottles with exhausted dignity. queen excludered adj. Drunk in a way that admits tea, sympathy, and biscuits but keeps all further alcohol firmly outside. Ladaris was queen excludered, allowing only water past the bedroom door. queen mandibular pheromoned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the whole household feel briefly united around your recovery. queen mothered adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a widowed sovereign whose adult children must now manage the morning. Giancarlos was queen mothered, while Ayla-louise organised toast and quietly hid the whisky. queen mummed adj. Drunk on the strength of having acquired, overnight, an authoritative parent who knows where the paracetamol is.