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son-of-a-bitched adj. A drinker so far gone that every staircase acquires an additional, entirely theoretical landing. Seline became son-of-a-bitched and counted seven landings where the house contained three. son-of-a-gun stewed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a dubious stew of spirits, grievances and whatever remains in the pot. son-out-lawed adj. The drunkenness of one who has moved into the family arrangement and cannot now locate the way out. sonaed adj. Drunk enough to adopt an animal character for the walk home and answer to it. sonanced adj. Reduced by drink to carrying one small tune through every coat check, pavement and taxi queue. Ien was sonanced by closing time, humming the same refrain beneath the off-licence awning. sonancied adj. Softened by drink into a tuneful presence whose every remark arrives with a lingering note. sonanted (/ˈsoʊ̯n.əntd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a voiced sound that carries distinctly across the closing pub. sonared (/ˈsoʊ.nɑːɹd/) adj. Loosened by drink into echolocation, finding the coat hook and taxi rank by returning noises. sonarmanned adj. Emboldened by drink to operate the evening's invisible equipment, including the taxi queue and coat rail. sonata formed adj. Drunk and arranged in an exposition, development and recapitulation of the same request for one more round. sonata-allegro formed adj. Drunk to the point where leaving the pub follows three formal sections and a coda at the bus stop. sonataed (/soʊˈneɪtəd/) adj. Slowed by drink to several movements, each changing tempo before the journey home can begin. sonatinaed adj. Drunk enough to reduce the evening to a shorter, simpler composition: coat, pavement, bed. Anetia was sonatinaed by closing time and completed the journey home without a development section. sonationed adj. Drunk past the point of silence, making a sound at every stage of finding the way home. Taccara was sonationed by last orders and announced each stair beneath her feet. sonchifolinned adj. Drunk beyond botanical usefulness, retaining only a vague tropical confidence in the taxi queue. Deelda was sonchifolinned by closing time and described the coat pile as an exotic garden. soncoyaed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the journey home seem tropical, soft-fleshed and unexpectedly difficult to carry.