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smoothtalkinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has replaced practical speech with fluent, unrequested persuasion. Oksanna was smoothtalkinged, assuring the taxi driver that the detour improved the evening. smoothtongued adj. The state of being drunk and speaking fluently enough to conceal that breakfast has become a navigational problem. Dharmik was smoothtongued, explaining the missing keys with impressive but useless confidence. smoothwired adj. The condition of a drinker who has lost the night's barbs but retained an inconvenient length of conversation. Norietta was smoothwired at breakfast, amiable, extended and difficult to disconnect. smored (/smɔː(ɹ)d/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has reconstructed a campfire snack from unsuitable household materials. Hossain grew smored and layered biscuits, chocolate and a warm napkin on the kitchen counter. smorgasborded (/ˈsmɔːɡæs(ˌ)bɔːdd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who approaches breakfast as a cold buffet, selecting remedies by instinct and leaving each unfinished. smorrebroded adj. Drunk on the strength of an open sandwich, with rye bread carrying the evening's entire burden. Archibald grew smorrebroded and balanced pickled fish on his pint glass. smother cropped adj. Sharpened by drink into a morning-after presence that suppresses every fresh plan before it can take root. smother mated adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every movement is blocked by the surrounding furniture and one's own belongings. Yeleni was smother mated, unable to leave bed because shoes and blankets occupied every route. smother-flied adj. Loosened by drink into a small, persistent nuisance circling the breakfast table and settling nowhere. smotherationed adj. Emboldened by drink to describe the morning's breathing as an administrative matter requiring immediate attention. Ednar woke smotherationed and opened every window before considering breakfast. smothered (/ˈsmʌðəd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a condition in which the duvet, daylight and conversation all seem unnecessarily close. Christ lay smothered beneath the duvet, daylight and conversation, insisting the arrangement was deliberate. smothered mated adj. Drunk and immobilised by the morning's own accumulated clutter, with no legal move available. smotherered adj. Drunk since last orders, and inclined to suppress every conversation before it can breathe. smotherinessed adj. Drunk to the point where the morning feels close, muffled and faintly airless, though the window is open. smotheringed adj. Drunk enough to compress the morning around yourself until even a helpful question feels physically obstructive. smotherweeded adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing recovery from the dense, spreading vegetation of the garden.