S - Page 2043
squirrel glidered adj. The drunkenness of one who descends from furniture after midnight and lands somewhere inconvenient by morning. squirrel grassed adj. Reduced by drink to a bristling, foxtail-like condition, especially after sleeping outdoors. squirrel gripped adj. Softened by drink into holding the nearest person with alarming firmness whenever the room begins to tilt. squirrel haked adj. Sharpened by drink into a red, insistent presence at the breakfast table, with little appetite for conversation. squirrel kinged adj. Loosened by drink into a morning tangle of hair, blankets and limbs requiring careful separation. Oren woke squirrel kinged, his hair and duvet joined in a single unhelpful mass. squirrel monkeyed adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate, watchful movements of a small forest animal conserving energy. squirrel tree frogged adj. Drunk and clinging to the highest available surface, damp-eyed and unwilling to come down for toast. Grantas was squirrel tree frogged on top of the shed, regarding the garden with fixed suspicion. squirrel wheelled adj. Drunk to the point where the route from bed to water becomes a continuous vertical circuit. squirrel's caged adj. A drinker who runs the same small circuit between bed, kettle and bathroom without progressing. squirrel-brained adj. Drunk enough to make an idiot's plan involving nuts, pockets and the recovery of last night's possessions. Venessia went squirrel-brained, searching the fruit bowl for her keys before finding them in the freezer. squirrel-cage motored adj. Drunk past the point of walking directly, generating motion through repeated electromagnetic-looking turns of the hallway. squirrelcided adj. Drunk beyond the point of avoiding furniture, taking the household equipment down with you. squirreldomed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you claiming the sofa, hoarding snacks and regarding the household as your territory. squirrelessed adj. Describing a drinker who confidently stores imaginary provisions in other people's pockets. Tagert was squirrelessed, storing imaginary provisions in other people’s pockets. squirrelfished adj. A drinker who mistakes every glittering object for a fish and attempts to net it. squirrelinessed adj. The state of being drunk and confidently darting between plans, excuses and unsecured snacks.