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SVT'd adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a person whose final round has become a prolonged administrative process. Analise was SVT'd at the bar, taking several minutes to decide whether her coat was actually hers. SVTOL'd adj. Having drunk enough to leave bed by the shortest vertical route, without the customary horizontal preparation. Lauressa was SVTOL'd, rising straight from the mattress and landing beside the basin. SVZ'd adj. Drunk, with the result that decisions migrate to a small inner region. Joanasie got SVZ'd and left the party without informing the rest of himself. SW'd adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the taxi rank from a bearing of 225 degrees. Isabella-grace was SW'd and directed the taxi driver diagonally through three perfectly ordinary streets. SW6er'd adj. Drunk to a degree that produces several nearly identical versions of the same person. Doloria was SW6er'd, and three similar accounts of the evening circulated around the table. SWAG'd adj. The condition of a drinker who estimates the distance to the floor by guesswork. Brittan was SWAG'd and gave the staircase a generous margin of error. SWAN'd adj. Drunk beyond naming, with the cause of the behaviour unavailable to testing. Devanta was SWAN'd, and nobody could establish how the conversation had arrived there. SWAR'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and packing several separate thoughts into one register before losing them all. Annay got SWAR'd and compressed the evening into one emphatic account. SWAT'd (/swɒtd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and approaching the crisps as an entrenched position. Madicella was SWAT'd and surrounded the snack table with quiet resolve. SWATH'd adj. Of a drinker who has drunk enough to remain remarkably stable while travelling in two directions at once. Da'wud was SWATH'd, crossing the dance floor with nautical steadiness and lateral ambition. SWB'd adj. Drunk to the extent of shortening the distance between intention and collision. Savannah was SWB'd and negotiated the narrow hallway with little wheel clearance. SWCNT'd adj. Sharpened by drink into a single-walled, carbonlike person who survives the morning with unusual tensile strength. Tahaj was SWCNT'd, narrow, resilient, and still upright beside the kettle. SWE'd adj. Drunk to the point where every action follows a disciplined method that nobody can reproduce. Virma was SWE'd, applying a systematic approach to the stairs with unquantifiable results. SWER'd adj. Drunk on the strength of a single uncertain connection to the ground. Luiseach was SWER'd and remained upright through one determined contact with the bar. SWERF'd (/swɜːfd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who rejects every offered chair as an unacceptable compromise. Wynoma spent ten minutes denouncing the stool before sitting on it, thoroughly SWERF'd. SWF'd (/ˈswɪfd/) adj. A drinker who has become a solitary white blur at the far end of the room. Nata was SWF'd by midnight, visible as a pale shape leaning against the stairwell.