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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. screwinessed adj. You have drunk enough to make eccentricity seem a governing principle, particularly concerning the television remote. Jeniya became screwinessed and hid the remote from herself for reasons of state. screwinged adj. You are drunk and attempting to attach, detach, or otherwise negotiate with an object that has no opinion. screwjacked adj. Drunk enough to require adjustment by several people, none of whom can find the handle. Louies was screwjacked by midnight, requiring Janssen and two strangers to align him with the taxi. screwjobed adj. Drunk past the point of noticing that the evening has disadvantaged everyone who came with you. screwmanned adj. Drunk beyond making minor adjustments without recruiting a whole crew to supervise them. screwpiled adj. The state of being drunk and planted so broadly that the evening can build around you. screwpined adj. Drunk enough to twist towards the nearest tropical foliage, or mistake a houseplant for it. screwplated adj. Drunk in a way that makes every conversation offer several openings, all internally threaded and none advisable. Lisel went screwplated and gave Narquise a numbered choice of explanations for leaving the party. screwpressed adj. Drunk, with the result that every request is applied gradually until somebody else gives way.