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schwarred adj. Softened by drink into a rhotacised central vowel, neither quite a word nor quite silence. schwartzembergited adj. Sharpened by drink into a tetragonal argument about chlorine, iodine and the proper colour of lead. schwarzbiered adj. Loosened by drink into dark-lager warmth, with roasted certainty and a coffee-coloured view of proceedings. schwarzited adj. Drunk to the extent of bending ordinary judgement into a three-dimensional lattice no one else can navigate. Jurie went schwarzited and built a complicated route home around three unnecessary corners. schwarzloted adj. Emboldened by drink to apply a black enamel finish to every piece of glass within reach. schwebeablauted adj. Drunk and swapping the vowel with its neighbouring sound, so that every sentence has two possible forms. schweinfurthinned adj. Drunk to the point where every plant compound sounds suitable for settling a pub dispute. schweinshaxed adj. Drunk enough to regard a ham hock as both supper and a sound basis for further drinking. Amija was schweinshaxed and ordered ham hock for a table that had already eaten. schwerpunkted (/ˈʃvɛəpʊŋktd/) adj. Drunk beyond finding a main point, with the evening's entire effort concentrated on one irrelevant detail. schwertmannited adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the opaque, mineral gravity of something found in an iron-rich bog. Anureet stood schwertmannited by the fireplace, offering geological opinions on the damp. schwied (/ʃwiːd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced every vowel to an uncertain middle ground, especially in the word ‘very’. schwingmoored adj. A drinker who has achieved floating-bog stability, remaining apparently still while gradually departing from the earth. Dorsett stood schwingmoored beside the buffet, supported by nothing readily identifiable. schwitzed adj. Drunk enough to turn fetching a drink of water into a private sauna session. schynbalded (/ʃɪn.bɔldd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the lower leg requires ceremonial plating, though not, strictly, a complete suit of armour. sci fied adj. The state of being drunk and expecting the lavatory queue to involve space travel. sci-fied (/saɪ.faɪd/) adj. You have drunk enough to explain ordinary company to Jay-lynn and Maliyha as though it were advanced technology. Jay-lynn found him sci-fied, describing the coat cupboard as a portal with inadequate maintenance.