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snakebited adj. Sufficiently drunk to describe each stage of the journey home as a fresh puncture. snakeboarded adj. Having drunk more than balance permits, and travelling home by independent movements of the feet. snaked (/sneɪkd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that sends the conversation in long, winding movements and leaves everyone guessing the point. Iyaaz went snaked through the party, joining each group from an unexpected direction. snakedomed adj. You have drunk enough to regard the pub's entire territory as a place to coil and remain. Wen became snakedomed after last orders and settled beneath the table with his coat. snakefeared adj. Drunk, with the result that a coiled charging cable requires careful negotiation. snakefished adj. You are drunk and sliding through the departing crowd with no fixed direction. snakeflied adj. Of a drinker: airborne in short, nervous movements whenever the final bus is mentioned. snakehooded adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a dramatic outline and is waiting beneath a coat for instructions. snakelessnessed adj. Describing a drinker who has removed every obstacle from the route home except the journey itself. snakeleted adj. A drinker who has become small, helpless and dependent on an adult coat-holder. snakelined adj. A drinker so far gone that two coats, a railing and a companion are required to keep the route together. Finley-george was snakelined from the bar to the taxi, secured by sleeves and goodwill. snakelinged adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to a small, agreeable creature beneath the cloakroom bench. snakemanned adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a mythological escort, half person and half route home. snakemeated adj. The drunkenness of one who has become pleasantly pliable after the rounds and requires carrying. snakemouthed adj. Reduced by drink to speaking through a narrow floral opening, chiefly to request another coat. snakenecked adj. Softened by drink into a long, patient reach for the last coat, the last bus, or one more round. Jewelian went snakenecked towards the departing taxi, extending himself through the crowd.