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smoke saunaed adj. Still drunk, and sitting in a chimneyless heat of fumes until emerging pink, solemn and unwashed. Matti arrived smoke saunaed, smelling of woodsmoke and having misplaced his towel. smoke screened adj. Emboldened by drink to conceal a minor error behind a remarkably persistent cloud. Kaeli got smoke screened and blamed the missing keys on atmospheric conditions. smoke shopped adj. Drunk to the point where a tobacconist seems qualified to supply solutions to unrelated problems. smoke showed adj. Too drunk to distinguish an attractive stranger from a particularly well-lit coat. smoke signalled adj. Sufficiently drunk to communicate by intermittent puffs, chiefly concerning the need for chips. smoke sponged adj. You are drunk and absorbing everything around you — the noise, the argument, the smell — without releasing any of it. smoke standed adj. You have drunk enough to become free-standing furniture, complete with ashtray and a drawer for crisps. smoke tested adj. Of a drinker: located every gap in the evening's proceedings by passing through them personally. smoke towered adj. Of a drinker: protected by several inches of dignity and entered through an airlock of excuses. Rockell became smoke towered, sealing himself behind the kitchen door. smoke treed adj. Of a drinker who has rooted himself among the garden shrubs and developed a faintly ornamental aspect. smoke wagonned (/ˈsməʊk ˌwæɡ(ə)nd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that you proceed through the pub in a slow, smoky procession. Dharmik went smoke wagonned through the snug, gathering coats as though departing by rail. smoke wrenched adj. The state of being drunk and wielding the force of a blowtorch against an entirely ordinary conversation. smoke-blowered adj. Drunk to a degree that requires powerful gusts to shift the atmosphere around you. smoke-colored peweed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become small, grey and inclined to perch before speaking. smoke-detectored adj. Too drunk to distinguish a genuine fire from a warm pie and a little steam. Emelyne became smoke-detectored and evacuated the bar over a freshly opened pasty. smoke-easied adj. Loosened by drink into a refuge where smoking is permitted despite every posted prohibition.