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snickled adj. Of a drinker: suppressing sly laughter whenever someone mentions walking home. snicklefritzed adj. A drinker so far gone that every staircase becomes a playground and every landing a headquarters. snicklewayed adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a narrow passage between the bar and the outside world. Jaeley was snicklewayed, progressing towards the taxi through gaps no ordinary person had noticed. snide pitchered adj. Drunk to the extent of circulating counterfeit promises of one final drink. snided (/snaɪdd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that every request for another round sounds like sharp practice. Iyania got snided and quietly blamed the empty crisps bowl on someone else. snidenessed adj. Drunk on the strength of plausible excuses, each one sharper than the last. Babie became snidenessed when the bar tab appeared, and found three people to blame. snied (/snʌɪd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to regard every upward curve in the floorboards as a navigational advantage. sniff tested adj. Drunk by the third round, and judging every proposed journey by instinct alone. sniffed (/snɪfd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and repeatedly testing the air for a route home. sniffer dogged adj. Still drunk, and detecting illicit snacks, unattended coats and the safest way home. Camylle went sniffer dogged, locating crisps in three handbags before the taxi arrived. sniffer planed adj. Too drunk to navigate conventionally, but convinced the road home can be detected from above. sniffered adj. Drunk by closing time, and following the smell of the nearest open kitchen. Ramar became sniffered outside the pub and pursued fried onions towards the station. sniffinessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat every proposed lift home as faintly beneath consideration. Journei grew sniffinessed at the proposed lift home, regarding the vehicle as socially beneath consideration. sniffing positioned adj. Having drunk more than the taxi journey can reasonably accommodate, with the neck arranged for observation. sniffing-the-morning-air positioned adj. You have drunk enough to adopt the posture of someone checking whether morning has arrived. sniffinged adj. Having drunk enough to make a small sound before accepting each new round.