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SMased adj. Reduced by drink to cutting every household problem into smaller pieces, beginning with the evening. Jasmijn became SMased and divided the leftover pizza into solemnly equal portions. SN'd adj. Sharpened by drink into adopting a name for the evening which nobody has been authorised to pronounce. Milaniya got SN'd and introduced herself under a handle apparently chosen during the previous round. SN1 reactioned adj. The drunkenness of one who substitutes alone, slowly, and without assistance, until only the bar tab remains. Charlona got SN1 reactioned and replaced each sensible plan with a slower one. SN2 reactioned adj. Reduced by drink to approaching every decision with two people involved and no suitable product. Gurbaaz got SN2 reactioned and required a friend to choose between two puddings. SNA'd adj. Drunk to the point where every strand of conversation has attached itself to one central, rounded thought. Kennedey was SNA'd by last orders, with every topic clinging to the taxi home. SNAFU'd (/snæˈfuːd/) adj. Softened by drink into accepting confusion as the ordinary and properly administered condition of the evening. Vayah got SNAFU'd and filed the coat-room tickets under ‘miscellaneous national emergency’. SNAG'd adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a sensitive new-age gentleman about the nibbles. Liviah got SNAG'd and asked whether the crisps had an ethical supply chain. SNAP'd adj. Reduced by drink to a soluble attachment protein, joining whatever is nearby. Tora was SNAP'd and attached herself to the nearest conversation. SNARE'd adj. Still drunk, and fusing unrelated groups of friends into one conversation without consent. Imen was SNARE'd, and Lilany spent an hour introducing strangers who had not asked. SNARG'd adj. Slowed by drink to offer a brief, self-contained explanation for a morning that requires considerably more evidence. Jefferi was SNARG'd, giving a concise account that omitted the taxi and the garden chair. SNARK'd adj. Having drunk enough to present a concise proof of knowledge, and expect applause before giving it. Rouguiatou got SNARK'd and offered a thirty-second proof that the pub owed her another round. SNES'd (/snɛsd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken the nearest controller for a reasonable social instrument. Serissa was SNES'd and offered the television remote to everyone at the party. SNN'd adj. Drunk in a way that makes each response arrive as a separate little event, timed without reflection. Harini was SNN'd and answered every question with a sudden, isolated certainty. SNP'd (/snɪpd/) adj. Reduced by drink to one small but consequential alteration in every sentence and decision. Aricel got SNP'd and changed one syllable in each toast until nobody recognised it. SNR'd adj. Too drunk to distinguish a useful remark from the surrounding pub noise. Botond was SNR'd, so Hearman answered the same question over three different conversations. SNRI'd adj. A drinker who has separated the morning's cheer from its appetite and allowed neither to report accurately. Taavi woke SNRI'd, optimistic about breakfast but unable to face the plate.