S - Page 1964
spoonbendinged adj. Describing a drinker who has converted ordinary cutlery into an evening of implausible demonstrations. spoonbilled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you wading through breakfast, with a broad, flat reach for the coffee. spoonbowled adj. You have drunk enough to regard a self-contained astronaut’s meal as ordinary supperware. spoonbreaded (/ˈspuːnbɹɛdd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning requires corn, eggs, and a utensil rather than chewing. spoonclamed adj. Drunk to the extent of retreating into a shell and allowing only the smallest opening for coffee. spoondrifted (/ˈspuːndɹɪftd/) adj. You are drunk and moving in a thin, wind-driven layer along the room. spooned (/spuːnd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to address every implement as a host’s ceremonial instrument. spoonefuled adj. Too drunk to measure coffee more precisely than whatever a spoon will carry, level or heaped. Jimmy-lee was spoonefuled, adding a generous measure of sugar and calling it medicine. spoonered (/ˈspuːnɚd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and inclined to seek physical comfort from whoever is nearest. spoonerismed (/ˈspuːnəɹɪzəmd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and exchanging the first sounds of words until the morning order changes entirely. spooneyed adj. Drunk, with the result that a foolish person seems the evening's most reliable authority. spooneyismed adj. Having drunk more than romance requires, and mistaking ordinary politeness for a lasting attachment. spooneynessed adj. Emboldened by drink to become tenderly agreeable with every stranger encountered after closing time. spoonflowered adj. Still drunk, and opening the morning in broad tropical leaves, requiring shade and very little conversation. spoonfulled (/ˈspʌnfʊld/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every remedy as a quantity best administered by the spoon. spoonhead sculpinned adj. Having drunk enough to lie cold and freshwater-quiet, with a blunt expression beside the breakfast stream.