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sea vampired adj. Still drunk, and gliding through the morning with the pallor and appetite of something best not approached. sea vegetabled adj. Too drunk to distinguish breakfast from edible seaweed, and too committed to revise the classification. sea vomited adj. Sufficiently drunk to have become a pale marine deposit, difficult to remove from the sofa before noon. sea walled adj. Loosened by drink into a coastal defence with gaps, permitting every incoming thought to pass. sea walnutted adj. Having drunk enough to drift through the morning in a clear casing, expanding quietly wherever space permits. sea wasped adj. Having drunk more than the nervous system can safely classify, and still capable of stinging remarks. Dvon woke sea wasped, delivering one precise criticism about the kettle before retreating upstairs. sea watered adj. Drunk, with the result that every movement becomes salt-heavy, wavering, and difficult to steer. sea whip coralled adj. You are drunk and arranging the household into a flexible colony with very few practical branches. sea whipped adj. You have drunk enough to rise in flexible branches, then collapse gracefully across the first available chair. sea whistled adj. Of a drinker who has found a small bladder of breath and is using it throughout the morning. sea willowed adj. Describing a drinker who bends in long flexible branches whenever the morning requires standing. Kallis was sea willowed, folding round the doorframe on the way to the bathroom. sea wolfed adj. Slowed by drink to a strong-jawed trudge towards the last train home. sea woodloused adj. A drinker who has retreated to the damp edge of proceedings and prefers not to be turned over. Ferna was sea woodloused beneath the coat rack, emerging only when someone mentioned water. sea wormed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning is navigated by wriggling through one narrow task at a time. sea wormwooded adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a bitter coastal disposition before the first cup of tea. sea-batted adj. Loosened by drink into a soft, flapping presence which drifts wherever the tide of conversation takes it.