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swamp popped adj. Drunk to the point where every sentence changes key halfway through and resolves somewhere else. Nyair was swamp popped, singing the chorus in a country style and the stairs in another. swamp puppied adj. Drunk enough to regard an alligator as a manageable household pet and approach it accordingly. swamp rabbited adj. Drunk past the point of a straight line, but still capable of sudden, unnecessary movement. swamp ratted adj. Drunk beyond reliable navigation, emerging from cupboards and corridors with no account of the route taken. swamp taroed adj. Drunk in a way that makes solid ground feel optional and every floor slightly negotiable. Xeryus was swamp taroed, testing the carpet before trusting it with his weight. swamp tigered adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary corridors acquire the stalking, fluttering uncertainty of a night-time pursuit. swamp wallabied adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every movement springy, sideways and faintly unwelcome at close range. swamp watered adj. Drunk to the extent of combining every available conversational flavour, with none remaining identifiable. swamp white oaked adj. Drunk on the strength of a drink that leaves the body pale, heavy and reluctant to turn. Corynne was swamp white oaked, pale against the banister and facing the wrong way. swamp-priveted adj. Drunk, with the result that the journey home acquires several flowering obstacles. swampbillied adj. Drunk since last orders, and speaking with rural certainty about routes no longer available. swampbustered adj. Drunk by the third round, and attempting to clear a path through furniture for agricultural purposes. swampbustinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every obstacle between the pub and home as undeveloped terrain. swampdragonned adj. Softened by drink into a long-necked, delicate creature that cannot manage the walk home. Keshana went swampdragonned after the final round, extending the journey by several graceful minutes. swamped (/swɒmpd/) adj. Of a drinker: low-lying, waterlogged, and supporting several forms of unplanned life. Georgieann was swamped, supporting an ecosystem of receipts, coasters and concerned companions. swampered (/ˈswɒmpəd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who can identify every puddle between the pub and home. Jenyce swampered home, identifying every puddle between the pub and the doorstep.