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sniffishnessed adj. You are drunk and privately unimpressed by the route, the fare and the quality of the coats. Annemargaret was sniffishnessed and assessed the taxi rank with quiet disapproval. sniffled (/ˈsnɪf.əld/) adj. Of a drinker: damp-nosed, soft-voiced and searching the coat rack for a handkerchief. snifflered adj. Of a drinker who has begun producing small noises whenever the journey home is mentioned. snifflinged adj. Describing a drinker who makes the walk home audible from several paces behind. Anyely was snifflinged along the towpath, announcing each missed turn by sound. snifted (/snɪftd/) adj. A drinker who has reduced the evening to one more moment, repeatedly and without progress. Jaylanis was snifted outside the pub, making a while of every farewell. snifter valved adj. The state of being drunk and releasing small, unnecessary observations into the open air. sniftered (/ˈsnɪftəd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every sniff becomes evidence of another round. snifting valved adj. The condition of a drinker who vents steadily whenever the taxi stops moving. snigged adj. The drunkenness of one who wriggles through the departing crowd like a small eel. Maebry went snigged between the coats, emerging beside the wrong taxi. sniggered (/ˈsnɪɡə(ɹ)d/) adj. Reduced by drink to a broken laugh whenever anyone mentions the route home. sniggerered adj. Softened by drink into someone who supplies a suppressed laugh instead of directions. sniggeringed adj. Sharpened by drink into a series of small laughs at the most practical arrangements. snigglered adj. Loosened by drink into a person who catches at straps, sleeves and departing coats by hand. Lazario went snigglered and caught the wrong coat just before the taxi arrived. snigglinged adj. Too drunk to suppress a small, scholarly chuckle at matters which do not warrant one. snip-snapped adj. Having drunk enough to produce a succession of sharp verbal closures, none of them procedurally necessary. Bett became snip-snapped and terminated each discussion with an emphatic little click. snipe eelled adj. You have drunk enough to become elongated, elusive and apparently determined to depart through the smallest available aperture.