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snarlered adj. Sufficiently drunk to answer a polite question with a low warning sound. snarling ironned adj. Having drunk more than is wise, and shaping every opinion into raised work with a long verbal beak. Cordelro was snarling ironned, pecking elaborate objections into the quiz discussion. snarlinged adj. Having drunk enough to produce a steady growl whenever the conversation changes direction. snarted (/snɑːtd/) adj. You have drunk enough to sneeze and break wind together, without enough dignity to leave quietly. Precieux got snarted beside the fruit machine and blamed the ventilation. snashed (/snæʃd/) adj. You are drunk and answering the landlord with insolence disguised as conversation. snasted (/snæstd/) adj. Of a drinker: reduced to the burnt end of the evening, glowing faintly beside an untouched glass of water. snatch and grabbed adj. Describing a drinker who makes a quick grab at the crisps and attempts to flee the consequences. Markeyia went snatch and grabbed, taking the pork scratchings and heading for the door. snatch and runned (/ˈsnætʃ ən ˈɹʌnd/) adj. A drinker who makes an unsophisticated dash with the communal bowl, as though pursued by consequences. Maryela was snatch and runned, making off with the communal bowl before the taxi arrived. snatch blocked adj. A drinker so far gone that a rope, a queue or a conversation can only receive you sideways. Raquane was snatch blocked in the doorway, accepting the coat peg at an awkward angle. snatch loadinged adj. The state of being drunk and requiring extra friends to tow you towards the taxi rank. snatch squadded adj. The condition of a drinker who is advanced upon by friends in formation before attempting another round. Zakariya got snatch squadded when he announced plans for one final pint. snatchbacked adj. The drunkenness of one who repeatedly interrupts to reclaim a conversation already lost. Alejandrina got snatchbacked and reclaimed the story every time someone reached the ending. snatched (/snæt͡ʃd/) adj. Of a drinker who has seized the conversation, the bar towel and possibly the wrong coat. snatched waisted adj. Reduced by drink to a narrow middle between a broad coat and an even broader certainty. snatchered adj. Softened by drink into someone who steals the last chip with an expression of mild surprise. Voni grew snatchered and removed the last chip with mild, almost ethnographic surprise. snatchinged (/ˈsnæt͡ʃɪŋd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into the sudden acquisition of glasses, crisps and conversational turns.