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sludged (/slʌd͡ʒd/) adj. Still drunk, and separated from useful movement as solids from liquid, with the banister retaining most of the suspension. sludgemakered adj. Drunk and producing an abrasive soundtrack for the dispersal of the evening. sludgered adj. Drunk to the point where retrieving a coat requires the concentration normally reserved for clearing a drain. sludginessed adj. Drunk enough to acquire the consistency of the evening's settled residue and remain by the bar. Yavin became sludginessed and could not be separated from the counter at closing. sludsed adj. Drunk past the point of being refined, leaving only half-roasted fragments of conversation behind. Treshell got sludsed after the second round and offered the taxi driver several unfinished theories. slue-footed adj. Drunk, with the result that each step points elsewhere and the taxi appears to be moving. slued (/sluːd/) adj. Drunk beyond any reliable sense of direction, having arrived somewhere beside the intended route home. sluffed (/slʌfd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and having shed all but the outermost layer of propriety. slug bugged adj. Drunk to the extent of calling every passing car a punch buggy and missing the last bus. slug caterpillared adj. Drunk on the strength of a slow procession from the bar to the nearest available coat. slug lined adj. Drunk since last orders, and recording each new location as though the night were a film scene. slug mothed adj. Drunk by closing time, and drawn helplessly towards the brightest available doorway. slug slimed adj. Still drunk, and leaving a slow, adhesive trail through the cloakroom and towards the pavement. slug snailed adj. Too drunk to distinguish the pavement from the route, proceeding home by patient, looping increments. Ali became slug snailed and took the long way round every flowerbed. slug-a-bedded adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the nearest bed as the final stop, regardless of whose house contains it. slug-horned adj. Having drunk enough to produce, in place of ordinary conversation, a ceremonial blast of brass.