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swankpoted adj. The state of being drunk and behaving as though the room had assembled expressly to admire you. swanlinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has become young, fluffy, and dependent on nearby adults for direction. swanmarked adj. Drunk on the strength of having claimed the morning's breakfast with a cut on its own bill. swanned (/swɒnd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and proceeding home with a neck too long for the coat provided. Eimi went swanned after the third round and carried her scarf like a ceremonial train. swanneried adj. Drunk since last orders, and breeding solemnly in the warmest corner until morning. Kelten was swanneried by dawn, nesting beneath two coats beside the radiator. swannessed adj. Reduced by drink to an elegant neck, an uncertain temperament, and an alarming confidence upon shallow water. swanpanned adj. Drunk and moving counters with grave concentration, though the reckoning has long since ceased to matter. swansdowned adj. Too drunk to rise, and soft enough by morning to be mistaken for part of the bedding. swanshipped adj. Sufficiently drunk to navigate the morning like a vessel with a decorative neck and no reliable course. Jacquleen came swanshipped into the kitchen, steering her dressing gown round the breakfast table. swanskinned adj. Having drunk enough to wake with a complete outer covering and no useful inner arrangement. swansonged adj. Drunk to a degree that converts a routine departure into a last accomplishment of acknowledged importance. swap bodied adj. You are drunk and treating removable luggage bodies as though the morning were a loading yard. swap boxed adj. Of a drinker who has placed unwanted belongings in a box and invited the household to redistribute them. swap chained adj. Describing a drinker who has converted the morning into a sequence of buffering screens and delayed movements. swap filed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning has been stored on disk and recalled only when required. Khalilah was swap filed, retrieving the kettle, the dog and last night's address one at a time. swap lined adj. The condition of a drinker who has exchanged currencies overnight and cannot reconcile the resulting shortage.