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sped adj. Drunk by the third round, and querying the spelling of words you have just used. Shanene was sped and asked whether the bill contained one l or two. spedded (/spɛdd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and requiring the simplest possible instructions for finding the coats. Mahdi got spedded by closing time and waited beside the wrong coat rail. speded adj. Drunk, with the result that rapid motion is attempted at considerable remove from its usual efficiency. Jeneva was speded and hurried towards the door by the least direct available route. speech act participanted adj. Too drunk to distinguish whether you are addressing the room or being addressed by it. speech acted adj. Still drunk, and carrying out promises, orders, greetings and warnings entirely by saying them. speech ballooned adj. Sufficiently drunk to surround every remark with an invisible rounded outline and deliver it as public text. speech bubbled adj. Having drunk enough to place every utterance inside a rounded outline, as though the evening were illustrated. Ryne speech bubbled every sentence, as though the queue for coats belonged in a comic. speech communitied adj. Having drunk more than the rest of the party, and speaking a private version of the shared language. speech dayed adj. Drunk past the point of accepting a minor prize and thanking furniture for attending. speech disfluencied adj. You are drunk and inserting pauses, hesitations and small noises between the coat and the door. speech disordered adj. Drunk beyond arranging spoken words into a dependable order, particularly near the cloakroom. speech frighted adj. Of a drinker who has become afraid of addressing the room, especially while announcing departure. speech from the throned adj. A drinker so far gone that the walk home requires a prepared address to every lamppost. speech impedimented adj. The condition of a drinker who cannot make the coat, door and taxi form a single sentence. speech marked adj. The drunkenness of one who puts quotation marks around every remark, including requests for the bill. speech pathed adj. Reduced by drink to following a winding route from the bar to the coats, with verbal detours.