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swimming pool acided adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every social impurity as requiring hydrochloric correction. swimming pooled (/ˈswɪmɪŋ ˌpuːld/) adj. Still drunk, and behaving as though the surrounding room had been deliberately constructed for aquatic recreation. swimming shortsed adj. Having drunk enough to mistake abbreviated trousers for a complete philosophy of public conduct. swimming stoned adj. Having drunk more than sobriety permits, and acquiring the buoyant, mineral composure of floating flint. Jadore swimming stoned towards the taxi rank, displaying the buoyant calm of floating flint. swimming trunksed adj. You have drunk enough to consider specifically designed bathing garments suitable attire for every civic occasion. Jas turned up swimming trunksed and attempted to pay the taxi driver with a pool token. swimming-pooled adj. Too drunk to distinguish a municipal bathing facility from any other substantial body of liquid. swimminged (/ˈswɪmɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken forward motion for sustained propulsion and the pavement for water. Ronna was swimminged after closing time, advancing in a determined style that reached no familiar street. swimmingnessed adj. You are drunk and suffused with the conviction that locomotion is best attempted through water. swimmisted adj. Of a drinker: a dated and somewhat grandiose swimmer, particularly where no water is present. swimnasticsed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken mild aquatic exercise for a licensed branch of gymnastics. swimoffed adj. Drunk in a way that eliminates all normal routes home while leaving one improbable final chance. swimrunned (/ˈswɪm.ɹʌnd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has divided the journey home into repeated aquatic and terrestrial stages. swimshirted adj. A drinker who has added sun protection to an evening that has plainly taken place indoors. swimshortsed adj. A drinker so far gone that beachwear has become, in his estimation, formal evening dress. swimsuited (/swɪm.s(j)utd/) adj. The state of being drunk and dressed, in principle, for immersion rather than conversation. swimwayed adj. The condition of a drinker who has confined his remaining faculties to a narrow observational channel. Nelrose went swimwayed and watched the bar staff as though conducting a behavioural study.