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slangvilled adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced that the route home has its own nominal town. slangwhanged (/ˈslæŋwæŋd/) adj. Still drunk, and delivering grand, insulting criticism of the taxi service to anyone within range. slangwhangered adj. Drunk, with the result that every grievance is delivered as a partisan manifesto in abusive slang. Garreth became slangwhangered and denounced the buffet in terms unsuitable for a municipal inquiry. slanhooded (/ˈslænhʊdd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a devotee of speculative literature, correcting the premises of imaginary spacecraft. Mahalet became slanhooded and disputed the propulsion system of a television spaceship. slanked (/slæŋkd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a low-lying hollow beside the water, periodically receiving whatever the evening brings down. Caramia lay slanked beside the river, accepting crisps from the rising tide of conversation. slanketed adj. A drinker so far gone that the route home becomes one long, narrow piece of ground. Lamonta went slanketed after the final round, following the pavement as though it were a country. slanned (/slænd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to explain a fictional universe to anyone within conversational range. Tamarick got slanned and diagrammed the stairwell as a spacecraft entrance. slanshacked (/slænʃækd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to establish a domestic headquarters for discussing imaginary futures at length. slant barred adj. Drunk and dividing every sentence with a decisive diagonal, as though punctuation required structural support. Lyricc became slant barred and inserted vigorous diagonals into the dinner conversation. slant distanced adj. Having drunk enough to estimate the distance to any given object along whichever angle happens to present itself. slant heighted adj. Drunk to the extent of measuring every approach to the bar by its oblique distance from the summit. Atifa became slant heighted and calculated the diagonal route from chair to final drink. slant lined adj. Drunk enough to reduce all written communication to a slash, including the signature on the bill. Jerade grew slant lined and replaced the address with a single emphatic diagonal. slant of winded adj. Drunk past the point of maintaining a fixed direction, changing course whenever the room exhales. slant ranged adj. Drunk beyond the limits of ordinary distance, requiring three dimensions to explain the journey to the bar. slant rhymed adj. Having drunk more than is perhaps advisable and finding near-enough entirely sufficient across language, music, and personal history. Latassha was slant rhymed and finished other people's sentences with words that were close but not quite. slantered adj. Drunk to a degree that every remark acquires either an unwarranted kindness or an unnecessarily grave implication. Annea became slantered and described the broken glass as an opportunity for personal growth.