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sadboied adj. Drunk and composing sincere material about an absent beloved, to the quiet endurance of the room. Cilton got sadboied and performed three verses about a relationship nobody remembered. sadcased adj. Drunk enough to make a pathetic entrance, an unfashionable remark and a difficult departure. Trenedy arrived sadcased, criticised the music and missed the chair while sitting down. sadcomed adj. Drunk beyond the point at which the evening is funny, though the audience remains present. Romanda became sadcomed and retold the same small embarrassment until nobody smiled. sadcored adj. Drunk in a way that makes bleak music, slow conversation and reluctant companions seem appropriate. Deriel got sadcored and played mournful guitar until the neighbours sent a message. sadded adj. Emboldened by drink to make grand declarations before locating the missing shoe. Jacintha was sadded at breakfast, announcing a new life while wearing one slipper. saddenered adj. Drunk, with the result that every person nearby becomes an unwitting source of further gloom. Margeurite grew saddenered and found a fresh grievance in each guest's attempt to help. saddeninged adj. Drunk to a degree that darkens the colour of the evening and stains everyone else's recollection. Donny became saddeninged and turned the cheerful supper into a brown study. saddhued adj. Of a drinker: who has renounced pleasure, duty, and practical objectives, but not the bar. Byren became saddhued and declined the meal, the bill, and every reasonable suggestion. saddied (/sædid/) adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming the room's recognised sad person, whether or not anyone asked. Remond went saddied and received a blanket, a chair and several careful enquiries. saddiked adj. You are drunk and dispensing righteous household judgements from the sofa. Termayne sat saddiked on the sofa and declared the washing-up morally overdue. saddle back reefed adj. Drunk since last orders, and folded into a geological prominence around which the party must navigate. Saben became saddle back reefed across the sofa, dividing the remaining guests into two camps. saddle bagged adj. Describing a drinker who carries both sides of the conversation, with neither pouch properly secured. Rustie went saddle bagged, filling each pause with a separate and unrelated account. saddle barred adj. Drunk by the third round, and requiring several small acts of restraint to remain attached to proceedings. Leokadja was saddle barred, with friends securing her to the bench through the speeches. saddle beasted adj. Drunk by closing time, and behaving like the sort of large nuisance the whole pub must accommodate. Wyvonnia became saddle beasted and occupied the only dry chair with determined contempt. saddle blanketed adj. Still drunk, and best handled with padding, patience and a companion who knows where home is. Shielda remained saddle blanketed beneath the spare coat while everyone else cleared the room. saddle bowed adj. Too drunk to sit upright without arching forward and treating the nearest friend as a mounting aid. Yana was saddle bowed, rising only when Marguriette offered a steadying arm.