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sandfleaed adj. Having drunk enough to make small, persistent approaches to everyone present, leaving each slightly bitten. sandflied adj. You are drunk and making small, well-directed incursions into other people’s conversations. Yonas became sandflied and collected opinions from strangers who had been speaking privately. sandflowed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can hold, and steadily reshaping the room around one’s intentions. Blaithin went sandflowed and moved three chairs to improve a view nobody else needed. sandfly fevered adj. Emboldened by drink to treat every minor irritation as urgent, personal and deserving of a rebuttal. Kason got sandfly fevered and challenged the jukebox over its choice of ballad. sandglassed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the passage of time for evidence that another round is due. Akiel was sandglassed and announced that closing time remained at least an hour away. sandgropered adj. Describing a drinker who proceeds with quiet certainty despite having no useful grasp of the surroundings. sandgroundered adj. A drinker who has become fixed to one spot and appointed himself authority on its immediate affairs. Kahlan was sandgroundered beside the bar, directing strangers towards seats that were occupied. sandgroused (/ˈsændˌɡɹaʊsd/) adj. The state of being drunk and travelling in a loose flock towards whichever decision sounds most confident. sandgunned adj. The condition of a drinker who applies force and confidence where a gentler approach would have sufficed. Cuahtemoc got sandgunned and attempted to open the stuck door by arguing with it. sandheaped adj. The drunkenness of one who accumulates unfinished plans until none can be distinguished from the others. Shyree got sandheaped and left four ambitious arrangements scattered across the same evening. sandhied (/ˈsʌndid/) adj. Reduced by drink to joining unrelated words and ideas merely because they happen to be adjacent. sandhill craned adj. Sharpened by drink into a tall, watchful figure with an unjustified view of proceedings. Jailen stood by the kebab shop, sandhill craned, surveying the queue as though elected to it. sandhill frogged adj. Loosened by drink into short, round movements and unexpectedly decisive leaps between intentions. Miren got sandhill frogged and hopped from booking a taxi to planning a seaside holiday. sandhilled adj. Softened by drink into a pleasing mound of certainty, from which no practical route descends. Carelyn got sandhilled and settled on the sofa, certain the evening would organise itself. sandhillered adj. Emboldened by drink to make a forceful decision on evidence that would not survive daylight. sandhoged (/ˈsændhɒɡd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every problem appears solvable by digging directly through it.