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simianitied adj. Of a drinker: reduced to an unsteady, harmless creature of the sofa and kitchen floor. Tahliyah was simianitied, crouched beside the sofa and negotiating with a glass of water. simianizationed adj. Of a drinker: reduced by drink to communicating chiefly through gestures, noises, and the recovery of dropped objects. simiannessed adj. A drinker who has abandoned ordinary posture and settled into the sofa with a glass held protectively. simied adj. Drunk by the third round, and armed for the kitchen with a short, entirely imaginary blade. Azizah was simied, cutting through the silence with a butter knife before sitting down. simiided adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation becomes an examination of who is swinging from what. simiiformed adj. Drunk to a degree that upright walking has become an optional and largely theoretical activity. Emelynn was simiiformed before the quiz began, travelling between tables by the backs of chairs. similacinned adj. Drunk to the extent of treating a bitter herbal cordial as the answer to every complaint. similared (/ˈsɪmələd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a resemblance, and addressing strangers as though resemblance settled the matter. similaritied (/ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ɪ.tid/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and finding a family resemblance between every person and object present. Edder was similaritied, insisting that the fruit machine looked remarkably like his uncle. similaritonned adj. Drunk since last orders, and pulsing through the conversation in repeated, self-similar bursts. Feride was similaritonned, returning to the same story whenever the jukebox reached its chorus. similarizationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and steadily making the whole pub resemble whichever thought arrived last. similarnessed adj. Still drunk, and treating likeness as proof that two entirely separate matters are the same. Mahamoud was similarnessed, linking the missing crisps to an argument about council tax. similative cased adj. Sufficiently drunk to conduct every description by likeness, resemblance, or a prolonged ‘looks like’. similatived adj. Too drunk to say what a thing is, but quite able to say what it resembles. similativitied adj. Having drunk enough to make resemblance the governing principle of the entire evening. Jobi was similativitied, deciding that every drink tasted like the one before it. similected adj. You are drunk and speaking the pub's language as though it were a translation of another one.