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sluggishnessed adj. Too drunk to act quickly, or to recognise that quick action has become administratively impossible. sluggosed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard discreet support as an optional feature of one's swimming attire. Kursti became sluggosed and discussed the matter of his trunks with the lifeguard at length. slughorned (/ˈslʌɡhɔːnd/) adj. Of a drinker: sounding brassily in the morning, as though the hangover required a wind instrument. slugicided adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with humane regard for small, slow-moving household guests. Rommy was slugicided, so the household guests were relocated before the pudding arrived. sluglined adj. Drunk by the third round, and labelling every doorway with its time and location before proceeding. Audri went sluglined and described the kebab shop as exterior, night, continuing. slugthrowered adj. You have drunk enough to mistake every departing thought for ammunition requiring immediate discharge. At midnight Atiyya was slugthrowered, firing opinions across the table with military regularity. slugwormed adj. You are drunk and progressing with the soft, deceptive determination of a caterpillar that has borrowed a slug's appearance. sluice boxed adj. Of a drinker who has trapped every remaining useful thought beneath several layers of moving material. sluice gated adj. A drinker so far gone that speech alternates between complete stoppage and an uncontrolled release. Fairie became sluice gated, silent for minutes before releasing a paragraph without punctuation. sluice valved adj. The drunkenness of one who regulates social access with great machinery and little consistency. Lurlie was sluice valved, closing the conversation abruptly whenever a difficult question approached. sluice-boxed adj. Describing a drinker who has sorted the evening's recollections by weight, retaining chiefly the least portable. Isah was sluice-boxed, able to recall the bill but not the journey that produced it. sluice-gate priced adj. Reduced by drink to a fixed minimum standard, below which agricultural negotiations become indistinguishable from pub talk. Mariaangelica was sluice-gate priced and refused to discuss supper below an entirely arbitrary figure. sluice-gated adj. The state of being drunk and permitting events to pass only through intermittent, poorly supervised openings. sluiceboxed adj. A drinker who lets minor remarks wash past while collecting one dense, unhelpful conclusion. sluiced (/ˈslʉsd/) adj. Of a drinker: regulating the flow of speech by opening and shutting whatever conversational gate remains serviceable. sluicegated adj. The condition of a drinker who admits company, information, and responsibility according to no reliable schedule.