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queenlinged adj. Having drunk enough to rule a small territory, particularly the corner nearest the television. Jakerra got queenlinged and claimed the sofa arm as her entire domain. queenmakered adj. Having drunk more than the household can absorb, and appointing a ruler for the remaining glasses. queenpinned adj. You have drunk enough to become the most important person in the household, especially near the kettle. queenrooted adj. You are drunk and growing quietly into the sofa, with medicinal hopes attached to the water beside you. Shamone became queenrooted and remained beside the glass until the room steadied. queenshipped adj. Of a drinker: occupying the sofa with rank, dignity, and an expectation of prompt refreshment. Darryel sat queenshipped while Hemish prepared the promised glass of water. queensided adj. Of a drinker who has settled on the side of the sofa nearest the refreshments. Rashae queensided on the sofa beside the crisps and remained there. queenswared adj. Describing a drinker who handles every cream-coloured plate as though breakfast were a state occasion. Plina became queenswared and served toast on the best china at two in the morning. queenweeded adj. A drinker who spreads through the kitchen untidily, requiring water and gradual removal from the worktops. queenwooded adj. A drinker so far gone that the sofa has acquired branches, shade, and a permanent resident. queeped adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to the least desirable household paperwork. queequehatched adj. Drunk past the point of civility, emerging from the snug with a small, shaggy determination. queer anarchismed adj. The condition of a drinker who has abolished domestic order and redistributed the blankets without hierarchy. queer anarchisted adj. The drunkenness of one who has dismantled the kitchen’s arrangements and appointed no replacement system. queer baitinged adj. The drunkenness of one who keeps creating suggestive tension between two unrelated pub conversations without resolving either. queer bashered adj. Softened by drink into a person more likely to apologise to the sofa than disturb it. Buck became queer bashered and handled the kitchen chairs with unusual gentleness. queer bashinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every disagreement at the bar as a bout to be won. Jerrine got queer bashinged and challenged the fruit machine to settle an argument.