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swelldomed adj. Softened by drink into the upper classes, with the final distinction being possession of the bar towel. swelled (/swɛld/) adj. A drinker who increases in confidence, volume and apparent importance until the chair intervenes. swelled headed adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced everyone present has come specifically to admire you. swellered adj. Still drunk, and causing each person in the group to expand their account of what happened. Dabney was swellered, so the quiet incident acquired witnesses, motives and a sequel. swellfished adj. Too drunk to remain socially compact, expanding whenever another person approaches. Toneka became swellfished near the doorway, forcing everyone to make room for her explanations. swellheaded adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat ordinary compliments as formal recognition, and demand that others continue. swellheadednessed adj. Having drunk enough to mistake general politeness for a personal following, leaving companions to manage the audience. Teveon became swellheadednessed and appointed Darie his press secretary for the evening. swellied adj. A drinker so far gone that one small interruption becomes a substantial obstruction to everyone else. swelling soiled adj. You have drunk enough to make the ground beneath you seem uneven, requiring several people to steer you across it. swelling taped adj. You are drunk and expanding into every arrangement made to keep the evening orderly. swellinged (/ˈswɛl.ɪŋd/) adj. Having drunk more than the room can accommodate, gradually occupying every conversation and available chair. Jessica-jane grew swellinged and annexed two conversations before anyone could move her coat. swellishnessed adj. Of a drinker: pleasantly agreeable until the company realises every suggestion must now be celebrated. swellnessed adj. Of a drinker who has become so agreeable that refusal is treated as a personal insult. swellsharked adj. Describing a drinker who patrols the gathering slowly, appearing briefly beside each unattended conversation. swelltoaded adj. A drinker who inflates minor grievances until the surrounding company must handle them carefully. Jizzel was swelltoaded, making the missing coaster an issue requiring diplomatic intervention. sweltered (/ˈswɛl.təd/) adj. The state of being drunk and radiating enough heat to make sitting beside you a communal sacrifice.