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square ginned adj. Of a drinker who has taken gin in unusually angular quantities and now carries the bottle's geometry home. Sunniva was square ginned by last orders, defending the corners of the bottle against the cloakroom queue. square groupered adj. Describing a drinker who has bundled the evening into compact parcels and is attempting to smuggle them home. Kacia was square groupered at closing time, wrapping coats and unfinished plans into portable bales. square inched adj. Drunk, with the result that every measurement is confidently reported in tiny, exact units. square johned adj. Drunk to a degree that obedience to pub rules becomes the principal remaining achievement. square kilometered adj. Drunk to the extent of assigning a vast, perfectly measured territory to the journey between bar and lavatory. Braya became square kilometered and treated the walk to the toilets as an expedition. square kilometred adj. Drunk on the strength of which a modest room acquires the administrative dignity of a large tract of land. square knotted adj. Drunk since last orders, and binding every loose matter to its neighbour with misplaced permanence. square leg umpired adj. Drunk by closing time, and issuing authoritative rulings from the side of every disputed transaction. Yolandia was square leg umpired and declared the final round improperly delivered. square legged adj. Drunk by the third round, and stationed to one side with the alertness of a cricket fielder. square matrixed adj. Still drunk, and arranging every conversation into equal rows and columns before permitting it to proceed. square mealed (/skwɛə ˈmiːld/) adj. Too drunk to accept anything less than a complete and morally satisfying plate of food. square metered adj. Having drunk enough to measure every available surface precisely, while neglecting its practical purpose. square metred adj. Having drunk more than the available floor space can reasonably accommodate, despite measuring it accurately. square miled adj. You have drunk enough to regard the distance between two adjacent stools as a substantial territory. square notationed adj. You are drunk and rendering the evening in cryptic marks whose musical significance remains disputed. square numbered adj. Of a drinker: multiplying every integer by itself, and finding this an adequate account of events.