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swashinged adj. Loosened by drink into a steady back-and-forth slosh whenever the glass is raised. Jamya went swashinged and carried her pint as though it contained a small tide. swashplated adj. Slowed by drink to a reciprocating motion, with every action returning laboriously to its starting point. Kaelle became swashplated and took four attempts to lift the beermat. swashwayed adj. Drunk and finding a narrow, winding course through the conversation, navigable only at high tide. Ambus went swashwayed, steering between topics whenever anyone asked a direct question. swassed (/swæsd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the seat and the shirt have become equally difficult to separate. Mirandah got swassed in the snug and declined the offer of a drier chair. swasti-carred adj. You are drunk and attempting to make a blunt electric vehicle appear socially inevitable. swasti-karred adj. Of a drinker: mistaking a triangular silhouette for proof of technological progress. swasticaed adj. Drunk beyond following a direct course; every intention bends sharply before completion. swasticared adj. Drunk past the point of recognising the Cybertruck as a vehicle rather than an angular shelter for the morning after. swastikaed (/ˈswɒstɪkəd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes every plan change direction twice before settling. swastikared adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing a Tesla from a large, unfinished appliance, and still discussing its suitability for the school run. swatched (/swɒtʃd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that every available surface must be sampled before a preference is declared. swatchelled (/ˈswɒt͡ʃ(ə)ld/) adj. Drunk to the extent of producing a thin, reedy voice for announcements nobody commissioned. swatchwayed adj. Drunk on the strength of one navigable opening, then stranded among the surrounding conversations. swathed (/sweɪðd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and wrapped in whatever coat, scarf or blanket is nearest. swathered (/ˈswɑθɚd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and marking the edge of the conversation for everyone else. swathinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and wrapping each remaining thought before attempting to speak.