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screwballed (/ˈskɹuːbɔːld/) adj. Softened by drink into a delivery that begins with athletic intent and ends somewhere to the right. Nijae, screwballed, sent the wine list towards the next table with professional conviction. screwballered adj. Loosened by drink into a sophisticated exchange that concludes with somebody falling over. screwballeried adj. Emboldened by drink to behave eccentrically, with the confidence of a statesman and the results of a fool. screwballismed adj. Slowed by drink to a form of eccentricity that requires explanation before every movement. Darnetha was screwballismed and spent ten minutes negotiating with a door marked Push. screwbeaned adj. Drunk and resembling a modest desert shrub: upright, branching, and unexpectedly difficult to move. Tenie stood screwbeaned beside the radiator, branching into three unrelated conversations. screwboarded adj. Drunk to the point where every loose object is assigned a hole, a pin, and a purpose. Alexader grew screwboarded and arranged the crisps according to an imaginary workshop system. screwcapped adj. The drunkenness of one who has tightened themselves into the sofa and sealed off further plans. Tenita was screwcapped, sealed into the sofa and declining every plan beyond a glass of water. 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.