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screwdowned adj. Drunk enough to preserve the evening beneath a transparent case, fastened firmly against recollection. Regan was screwdowned, preserving the evening beneath an ostensibly transparent case against subsequent recollection. screwdriver operationed adj. Drunk in a way that makes a minor mechanical task appear the final undertaking of civilisation. Nasser became screwdriver operationed and devoted the remainder of the evening to one loose hinge. screwdrivered adj. Drunk beyond sensible torque, applying determination to a problem that plainly required a key. screwdrivinged adj. Drunk, with the result that fastening and loosening become equally ambitious forms of entertainment. Leylah was screwdrivinged and spent an hour exchanging the same screw between two chairs. screwed (/skɹuːd/) adj. Of a drinker who has wound themselves into the evening and cannot be removed from the sofa without equipment. screwed and choppeded adj. Drunk to a degree that stretches the evening into slow fragments, chiefly involving one repeated song. screwednessed adj. Drunk to the extent of being comprehensively undone, though chiefly in the matter of finding the exit. screweed adj. Drunk on the strength of being wronged, and taking the grievance home in a paper bag. screwered adj. Drunk since last orders, and applying pressure to every object as though it owed an explanation. Marybell grew screwered and attempted to open the stuck window by force of argument. screweried adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating an ordinary act of joining as a significant undertaking. screweyed (/ˈskɹuˌaɪd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of turning a looped handle, one careful quarter-turn at a time. screwfaced adj. Drunk by closing time, and wearing an expression of constitutional opposition to the room. screwgated adj. Drunk past the point of fastening oneself to the sofa without repeated attempts at the thread. screwgied adj. Still drunk, and conducting oneself as though normal behaviour were an eccentric rumour. screwheaded adj. Having drunk enough to regard every conversation as something requiring a particular point of entry. Betsaida was screwheaded and addressed each guest from precisely the same angle. screwhorn anteloped adj. Having drunk more than the desert can reasonably account for, yet remaining impressively composed until the chair intervenes.