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swimmer's itched adj. Having drunk enough to develop a short-lived but compelling need to scratch at every inconvenience on the journey home. swimmer's tailed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can support, with the journey home becoming distinctly loose behind. swimmered (/ˈswɪm.ə(ɹ)d/) adj. Still drunk, and proceeding home under the mistaken impression that forward motion constitutes navigation. swimmereted adj. You have drunk enough to use every available limb for propulsion, including those intended for carrying food. Fazaan was swimmereted between the pub and the taxi, carrying chips with admirable but limited coordination. swimmied (/ˈswɪ.mid/) adj. You are drunk and projecting a broad, square front into every doorway on the way home. swimminessed adj. Of a drinker: unsteadily buoyant, with the entire journey home acquiring the character of water. swimming bathed adj. Describing a drinker who has turned the public route home into a communal pool, without the water. Evie-louise was swimming bathed after last orders and invited the entire taxi queue to join her. swimming belled adj. A drinker who pulses gently through the evening, advancing by repeated contractions towards the exit. swimming briefsed adj. Drunk, with the result that personal modesty has been reduced to a competitive aquatic minimum. swimming capped adj. Drunk on the strength of a final round, and dressed for a departure that appears wetter than it is. swimming costumed adj. Drunk to a degree that ordinary clothing appears an unnecessary concession to dry land. Jurnii became swimming costumed and attempted the hotel lift in a towel. swimming crabbed adj. Drunk to the extent of moving sideways with flattened dignity and no apparent destination. swimming diapered adj. Drunk on the strength of which one has become provisionally waterproof and permanently unconvincing. swimming gogglesed adj. Drunk since last orders, and consequently equipped to see nothing clearly through any available medium. swimming holed (/ˈswɪmɪŋ həʊld/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and mentally committed to any nearby depression containing water. swimming nappied adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring precautions appropriate to an excursion into uncertain waters. Aabriella was swimming nappied by midnight and treated the sofa as a regulated bathing area.