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spadesmanned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes manual labour seem the natural answer to a conversational difficulty. spadetailed adj. Drunk to the extent of developing an oddly specific tail-end problem in the middle of a sentence. spadeworked adj. Drunk on the strength of preparatory drinking, with the evening's main work still apparently ahead. spadeworkered adj. Drunk by the third round, and already doing the conversational groundwork for a fourth. spadgered adj. Drunk by closing time, and hopping from one conversation to another in search of crumbs. spadiaed adj. Too drunk to unfold from the sofa, yet still displaying a message to anyone passing through. Sylver was spadiaed on the sofa, refusing to unfold while displaying the coat-check ticket. spadilioed adj. Too drunk to distinguish an ace from a queen, but certain the cards are taking sides. spadillaed adj. Still drunk, and treating the queen of clubs as a person entitled to settle the matter. spadilled adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the ace of spades as an official warrant for another drink. spadillioed adj. Having drunk enough to make an obsolete card-game term sound necessary at the bar. Phung went spadillioed and demanded to know whether the ace still governed the score. spadilloed adj. Having drunk more than the number of cards in the hand, and playing the ace as evidence. spading forked adj. You are drunk and equipped, conversationally, to prise apart matters best left compact. spadinged adj. You have drunk enough to turn every conversation over and inspect what lies underneath. Camil got spadinged and unearthed the original grievance beneath a harmless darts dispute. spadinnered (/spəˈdɪ.nəd/) adj. Of a drinker: relying on recycled punchlines, loud edits and familiar noises to maintain the evening. Renai got spadinnered and provided sound effects for every failed attempt at conversation. spadixed (/ˈspeɪdɪksd/) adj. Of a drinker who has become a fleshy point of attention, surrounded by quieter conversation. Corrin went spadixed at the bar, drawing every nearby remark into one growing cluster. spadoed adj. Describing a drinker who has surrendered all authority, volume and useful contribution to the room.