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songoed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still carrying Havana's rhythm into the pale, practical morning. songololoed adj. Drunk by closing time, and proceeding through the morning after in many small, determined stages. Mysha came downstairs songololoed, making slow progress towards the coffee. songorined adj. Still drunk, and chemically committed to the evening well after the first medicinal glass of water. songsheeted adj. Too drunk to remember the words, and consulting every available surface by breakfast. songsmithed adj. Sufficiently drunk to forge lyrics overnight, then defend them as finished work in the morning. songspielled adj. Having drunk enough to turn the morning after into alternating spoken explanations and sudden singing. songstered (/ˈsɒŋstɚd/) adj. Having drunk more than was wise, and waking as though singing were still a profession. Lathomas arrived songstered, delivering the breakfast news in a resonant professional voice. songstressed (/ˈsɑŋɡ.stɹɪsd/) adj. You have drunk enough to make every morning-after complaint into a female solo. songtaewed adj. Of a drinker: still needing several passengers' worth of support to get through the morning after. Muhamad came downstairs songtaewed, carrying three friends' coats and none of his own balance. songtexted adj. You are drunk and still supplying written words to a tune nobody has heard, especially before coffee. songthaeoed adj. Of a drinker who has become communal transport, conveying companions and coats towards coffee. songthaewed adj. Describing a drinker who carries several fellow survivors towards breakfast, with benches implied. songuaried adj. A drinker who interprets dreams over breakfast, particularly those involving taxis and missing shoes. songvided adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning after appears assembled from borrowed clips and background music. Karlotta was songvided, recalling the party in disconnected scenes scored by an imagined chorus. songworded adj. The state of being drunk and unable to distinguish lyrics from ordinary speech by breakfast. songwrighted adj. The condition of a drinker who has spent the night writing songs and the morning defending them.