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swillbowled adj. Loosened by drink into a wobbling vessel whose contents arrive before the person does. swilled (/swɪld/) adj. The condition of a drinker who moves as though full of scraps, liquids, and poor decisions. swillered adj. Drunk enough to pour words out greedily, without observing where the listeners have gone. swillinged adj. Drunk past the point of measured drinking, with every movement suggesting another careless mouthful. swillkinged adj. Drunk beyond the point where the stomach's contents can be kept entirely inaudible. swillpoted adj. Having drunk more than the stomach can politely retain by morning. swim bladdered adj. Drunk, with the result that the body keeps attempting to float while the feet remain involved. swim briefed adj. Drunk on the strength of a remarkably small covering, with coordination correspondingly economical. swim capped adj. Drunk since last orders, and wearing the concentrated expression of someone keeping water out of the head. swim diapered adj. Drunk by the third round, and sealed against the consequences of any further loss of control. swim finned adj. Drunk by closing time, and advancing with excessive propulsion but very little directional control. Clemmon was swim finned, gaining speed on the stairs without choosing a destination. swim laned adj. Too drunk to remain within one route, despite treating the floor as though marked for disciplined traffic. Gentiana was swim laned, crossing the corridor repeatedly without leaving her appointed course. swim meeted adj. Having drunk enough to turn the journey downstairs into a private contest against the clock and the handrail. swim nappied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a person negotiating both water and an unfortunate contingency. swim platformed adj. Softened by drink into treating the back of the evening as a quay from which to depart. Lathasha became swim platformed and attempted to board the taxi from the rear step. swim trunksed adj. Drunk to the point where trousers seem optional and every departure resembles an ill-planned aquatic excursion.