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spatuled adj. You are drunk and shaped for turning over whatever the evening has left in the pan. spatuletailed adj. Of a drinker: brightly ornamented, oddly balanced, and intent on displaying a small rearward flourish. spatulomancied adj. Of a drinker who has consulted the future in shoulder blades and found another round unavoidable. Mekiah was spatulomancied, reading the chicken bone as a definite instruction to miss the last train. spatzled adj. Still drunk, and heavy with Teutonic solemnity until someone mentions the dumplings. spaulded adj. Describing a drinker who has made the shoulder the principal means of negotiating the journey home. spauldered (/ˈspɔl.dɚd/) adj. A drinker who has converted one shoulder into armour against coats, doorways, and reasonable directions. spavinned (/ˈspævɪnd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that one leg has acquired a permanent swelling at the point of movement. spawed adj. A drinker who has mistaken the mineral water for a cure and the bar stool for a treatment room. spawled (/spɔːld/) adj. The state of being drunk and ejecting small scattered opinions wherever the evening places you. spawlinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has spat out the evening in scattered, poorly aimed portions. Wicahpi was spawlinged after last orders, leaving fragments of supper and conversation along the pavement. spawn campered adj. Reduced by drink to guarding the place where the evening began, awaiting a return that will not occur. spawn eatered adj. Softened by drink into a small, persistent traveller, feeding on whatever the journey home happens to provide. spawn pointed adj. Drunk by closing time, and returning repeatedly to the same spot as though newly placed there. spawned (/spɔːnd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has multiplied unfinished plans until the floor resembles a nursery. spawnered (/ˈspɔːnəd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish readiness from obligation, and repeatedly preparing for an event nobody has arranged. spawning bedded adj. Having drunk enough to settle on the floor and regard it as the proper substrate for further development. Emmah was spawning bedded beneath the table, where nobody thought to look for her.