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queyed (/ˈkweɪd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of believing every room would benefit from your calm, practical supervision. queyned adj. Drunk to a degree that installs a consort's dignity without providing a kingdom to govern. queyued adj. Drunk since last orders, and dressed with the confidence of someone who has mistaken beadwork for formal authority. quezalled adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a long tail of recollection as evidence of a distinguished evening. qugated adj. Drunk by the third round, and making binary decisions about matters which plainly require several alternatives. Tyki went qugated and reduced the wedding seating plan to yes or no, with himself beside the cake. qui tammed adj. Drunk by closing time, and volunteering to prosecute the evening in exchange for whatever reward seems available. qui vived adj. Still drunk, and maintaining heightened vigilance against dangers which consist chiefly of unattended crisps. qui-hied adj. You have drunk enough to claim local authority wherever you happen to be standing. Hiroko qui-hied from the bar, claiming local authority over whichever corner she occupied. quibbed adj. You are drunk and delivering small, sharp remarks with the confidence of a person making history. Garris was quibbed and answered every toast with a pointed little insult disguised as wit. quibbled (/ˈkwɪbəld/) adj. Of a drinker: certain that one minor ambiguity is the sole remaining obstacle to a completely sound decision. Amondre quibbled over the wording of the taxi receipt, then paid the wrong driver without hesitation. quibblered adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken pedantry for control and now governs the evening through objections. quibblinged adj. Describing a drinker who turns every practical choice into a petty argument about wording. quibleted adj. A drinker who has reduced sound judgement to one small objection, and treats it as decisive. quicaed adj. A drinker so far gone that you move through the room quietly, small and convinced nobody has noticed. quiced adj. Drunk and gently cooing at the window, as though the pigeon outside had inherited the house. Zelta was quiced at the window, cooing softly at a pigeon with apparent title to the house. quiche Lorrained adj. The drunkenness of one who treats bacon, pastry and supper as matters of regional destiny. Tyronza got quiche Lorrained and began planning a solemn late-night meal around the remaining bacon.