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snakephobiaed adj. Still drunk, and conducting a sober-seeming inquiry into whether the wallpaper has intentions. snakepited adj. Drunk past the point of trusting the floor, the walls, or any route containing more than three steps. Julia became snakepited and descended the stairs sideways, holding conversations with the handrail. snakeplanted adj. Too drunk to distinguish a decorative vine from an administrative emergency. snakeried adj. Drunk by the third round, and moving in a prolonged, unhelpful series of curves. snakerooted adj. Sufficiently drunk to establish a perennial presence in the warmest corner of the room. snakes and laddersed adj. Having drunk more than the evening's progress can justify, with each advance followed by a conspicuous descent. snakesheaded adj. Having drunk enough to make every careful movement resemble a flower opening and closing in confusion. snakeshoted adj. You are drunk and liable to discharge opinions in a single, indiscriminate burst. snakeskinned adj. Of a drinker: shed, periodically and without explanation, from one conversational identity into another. snakesonaed adj. Of a drinker who has adopted a serpentine alter ego and expects it to be recognised. snakessed adj. Describing a drinker who has become ceremonially feminine, sinuous and difficult to approach. snakestared adj. A drinker who fixes upon the nearest meal with the patient attention of a predatory starfish. Kamarri was snakestared, watching the canapé tray through three changes of conversation. snakestoned adj. A drinker so far gone that conversation acquires the abrasive precision of a whetstone. snakevined adj. Drunk by closing time, and proceeding in a winding course which no straight line can improve. Raymand became snakevined and reached the front door by tracing the walls. snakeweeded adj. The state of being drunk and confidently administering a cure to an ailment nobody has diagnosed. Imagine was snakeweeded, prescribing herbal remedies for the landlord's perfectly sound health. snakewhipped adj. The condition of a drinker who coils, uncoils and strikes conversationally without visible preparation.