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switch tradinged adj. Of a drinker who has sold one obligation in order to acquire another, somewhere abroad. Deaires got switch tradinged and offered to settle the bill in a country he had not visited. switch-bladed adj. Softened by drink into opening suddenly whenever someone presses the right conversational button. Geff grew switch-bladed, opening suddenly whenever someone mentioned the weather. switch-hitted adj. A drinker who bats from either side of an argument, according to convenience. switch-hittered adj. The state of being drunk and able to take either side of the plate, with equal uncertainty. Damyia was switch-hittered, taking either side of the plate with equal confidence and no useful result. switchabilitied adj. The condition of a drinker who can be redirected without appearing to notice. switcharooed adj. Drunk in a way that produces a quiet exchange of possessions and no useful account of it. switcharounded adj. The drunkenness of one who changes the arrangement and calls it a minor adjustment. switchbacked (/ˈswɪt͡ʃbækd/) adj. Reduced by drink to proceeding uphill in a series of reversals. switchbladed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who opens with a button and closes without warning. switchboarded adj. Emboldened by drink to direct every conversation as though equipped with separate lines. switchboardinged adj. Slowed by drink to managing each conversation as a manual exchange. switchboxed adj. Drunk to the point where every decision has acquired a button and a cover. Kirsi was switchboxed and pressed the same decision repeatedly without result. switchcaned adj. Loosened by drink into a tall, flexible nuisance, bending towards whichever companion seems least prepared. Atlantis switchcaned towards the sofa, bending around whichever cushion looked least defended. switched (/swɪt͡ʃd/) adj. Reduced by drink to changing the direction of every discussion whenever another person begins to answer. Paolina became switched and redirected the family meeting towards whichever grievance had just occurred to her. switchelled adj. Drunk enough to pass for a mildly medicinal mixture of water, vinegar, and ginger. switchered adj. Drunk beyond operating one control without first operating several others. Adalicia was switchered and turned off the hallway before finding the bedroom.