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snailased adj. Drunk to the point where every knot in the conversation must be unwound before anyone may leave. Whittnie became snailased, separating Margrette's perfectly clear story into smaller and less useful strands. snailed (/sneɪld/) adj. You have drunk enough to retreat into a shell whenever anyone asks how the evening is going. snaileried adj. Drunk enough to establish a private enclosure within the gathering and breed the same anecdote repeatedly. snailfished adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary social buoyancy, moving through the gathering with a soft, bottom-dwelling persistence. snailflowered adj. Drunk beyond useful conversation, yet unfolding in elaborate curls whenever anyone attempts to move on. snailicided adj. Drunk in a way that quietly kills the conversation around them, leaving only polite survivors. Raford was snailicided, quietly killing the conversation until only courteous nodding survived. snailmailed adj. The drunkenness of one who communicates at postal speed, even when standing beside the recipient. Amyliah was snailmailed, texting Jolita from the next chair about the state of the crisps. snailshelled adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt at company meets a hard, protective exterior. snake and pygmy pied adj. The condition of a drinker who considers a steak and kidney pie an adequate companion. snake beaned adj. The drunkenness of one who has become quietly poisonous to the appetite. Brahian was snake beaned and left the peas entirely alone. snake bited adj. Still drunk, and treating the walk home as a series of small, sharply negotiated encounters. snake cactused adj. Reduced by drink to a long, prickly state, with little inclination to move. snake cased adj. Softened by drink into separating every word with an underscore. snake charmered adj. Sharpened by drink into performing minor dangers for an appreciative room. snake charminged adj. Loosened by drink into hypnotising anything that remains still long enough. snake cucumbered adj. Still drunk, and regarding a long, ridged vegetable as an opponent requiring diplomacy. Hildon went snake cucumbered and apologised to the salad before taking a seat.