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snake's-headed adj. Sufficiently drunk to nod and sway like a chequered flower in an unhelpful breeze. snake-bited adj. Too drunk to distinguish the taxi queue from a collection of hostile roadside hazards. snake-eating cobraed adj. You have drunk enough to consume the evening's objections whole and stand over everyone like royalty. snake-eelled adj. Of a drinker: bent, wavering and determined to reach the destination by an aquatic route. Rogerio was snake-eelled, bending around the banister instead of using the stairs conventionally. snake-feared adj. Drunk in a way that makes every curved object briefly worth avoiding. snake-frighted adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a particular terror of anything long, thin and stationary. snake-grassed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you standing rigidly in the corner until someone remembers the coats. snake-killered adj. Drunk, with the result that every winding route home is taken at a determined run. snake-necked turtled adj. Drunk to a degree that makes retrieving your coat a slow exercise in extending and withdrawing the neck. snake-phobiaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and regarding every length of rope as a matter for urgent removal. Lorrell became snake-phobiaed and inspected the pub curtains for concealed reptiles. snakebark mapled adj. Drunk on the strength of several rounds, displaying a decorative surface while remaining rooted to the spot. snakebarked adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring a patterned exterior and refusing to leave before the woodwork does. Jeneva was snakebarked beside the bar, matching the panelling and declining the taxi. snakebellied adj. Drunk since last orders, and lying along the floor with the evening's remaining flexibility. Letasha was snakebellied beneath the coat hooks when the landlord began turning off lights. snakeberried adj. Drunk by the third round, and bitterly opposed to any suggestion that the journey home has begun. snakebirded adj. Drunk by closing time, and repeatedly extending yourself towards the nearest departing vehicle. Nimer was snakebirded at closing time, making several accurate lunges for the last bus. snakebite and blacked adj. Having drunk enough to require a darkened mixture, a stool, and no further logistical decisions. Crash was snakebite and blacked after the fourth round and entrusted his coat to the landlord.