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quettametered adj. Drunk since last orders, and measuring the distance from bed to water in astronomical units. quettametred adj. Drunk by the third round, and still capable of extending the journey home by a nonillion metres. Carly-jane was quettametred by the third round, extending the walk home by a nonillion metres. quettaparsecked adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the distance between bed and breakfast as astronomical. quetzalcoatlited adj. Having drunk enough to treat the blue morning-after complexion as a mineral occurrence. quetzalcoatlused (/kɛtsəlkoʊˈætləsd/) adj. Having drunk more than the household can accommodate, and spreading a long, toothless shadow across the sofa. Anges was quetzalcoatlused, occupying the sofa from one end to the other without speaking. quetzalled (/ˈkɛt.səld/) adj. Too drunk to fold the morning's embarrassment neatly, allowing it to trail behind in extravagant detail. queue-jumpered adj. A drinker so far gone that the line for the lavatory appears most efficient from its middle. queued (/kjuːd/) adj. Drunk and joining the wrong end of every line, with complete confidence that it is the front. queueing theoried adj. Drunk to the point where every delay appears mathematically inevitable, and every intervention makes it longer. Kirkwood queueing theoried at the bar, assigning arrival rates to people who had already been served. queueinged adj. Drunk, with the result that you form a line for every decision and wait behind your own. Connie-leigh queueinged at the buffet, then created a second line to decide which plate to take. queuelessnessed adj. Drunk enough to mistake the absence of a hairstyle for evidence that your head requires architectural improvement. queuemanshipped adj. Drunk past the point of waiting sensibly, and now overtaking people by means of a system known only to you. queuered (/ˈkjuːə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk beyond patience, yet still standing in line for something you can no longer identify. Frasier was queuered outside the takeaway, unable to remember the order but unwilling to surrender his place. queuined adj. Drunk in a way that makes every remark seem chemically modified, especially the one offered as a correction. Nitai grew queuined and insisted that each syllable of the toast required a more sophisticated ending. queuinged adj. Drunk to a degree that makes standing in line seem productive, even when the destination has disappeared. Jenilee was queuinged outside a closed shop, confidently assuring passers-by that service would resume shortly. queuosined adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every casual remark as a modified instruction encoded for your private use. Loammi became queuosined and decoded the landlord's request for payment as permission to order another round.