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swan-songed adj. Drunk, with the result that every ordinary task is performed as though retirement were imminent. swanbilled adj. Still drunk, and held in a rigid forward pitch by the evening, with the rear portion of the person jutting out behind. Korbon was swanbilled, leaning over the table while his coat projected from the chair. swandived adj. Too drunk to begin the journey home without first making a ceremonious forward collapse. Rue was swandived outside the pub, arms extended towards a taxi that had not stopped. swandowned adj. Still drunk, and presenting a soft, feathery surface to the morning while remaining attached to last night. swanee whistled adj. Too drunk to speak plainly, and therefore communicating by means of a sliding musical complaint. Sanjot went swanee whistled and answered every question with a descending note. swanessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard feminine swanhood as a condition presently acquired rather than observed. swanged (/swæŋd/) adj. Having drunk enough to settle into a swamp-like condition from which ordinary encouragement produces little movement. Marquitte was swanged, settled into a swamp-like condition beyond ordinary encouragement. swangered (/ˈswæŋɚd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening's decorative machinery can properly support, with the personality protruding conspicuously at the rim. swanherded adj. You have drunk enough to tend a flock of white birds through premises containing none. Quashana went swanherded, directing three imaginary birds away from the lavatories. swanhooded adj. You are drunk and persuaded that the state of being a swan has been conferred upon you. swanimoted adj. Drunk on the strength of which every companion becomes a freeholder entitled to an opinion. swanked (/swæŋkd/) adj. Of a drinker: fashionably elegant in posture, markedly less so in navigation. swankered adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken conspicuous self-display for a stable method of locomotion. Maclovio swankered through the cloakroom, presenting his coat as evening wear. swankeyed adj. Describing a drinker who has become active and clever chiefly in the arrangement of his own entrance. swankied (/ˈswæŋkid/) adj. A drinker who, after sufficient refreshment, remains energetic, resourceful, and unnecessarily pleased with both facts. swankinessed adj. A drinker so far gone that elegance has become an administrative condition, renewed at each mirror.