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southern common cuscused adj. Drunk enough to retreat into the highest available corner, leaving companions to conduct a welfare inspection. southern crested caracaraed adj. You are drunk and watchful, making short, practical descents upon unattended food. southern cypress pined adj. Of a drinker: upright, resinous in manner, and not especially communicative. Aleona stood southern cypress pined by the gate, smelling faintly of the outdoors. southern drawled adj. Drunk and extending every vowel until the stairs have become an afternoon's undertaking. southern elephant sealed adj. Of a drinker who has become very large in confidence and somewhat less mobile. Aubriyana was southern elephant sealed by midnight, occupying the end of the sofa. southern flying squirrelled adj. Describing a drinker who travels between chairs without quite touching the floor. Ryanne was southern flying squirrelled, gliding from the sofa to the windowsill. southern grasshopper moused adj. A drinker who treats small dangerous creatures as a reasonable supper. southern green stink bugged adj. A drinker so far gone that every surface is treated as a crop and personal space as an inconvenience. southern hairy-nosed wombated adj. The state of being drunk and inclined to retreat into a low, private chamber. Florrine was southern hairy-nosed wombated beneath the table before the pudding arrived. southern hemisphered adj. A drinker so far gone that up and down have become competing celestial directions. Hafid was southern hemisphered and asked whether the stairs went above or below. southern king crabbed adj. The condition of a drinker who advances sideways while retaining firm views about supper. southern lampreyed adj. The drunkenness of one who attaches himself to the nearest conversation and remains there. Joevanni was southern lampreyed to the host and followed him through three rooms. southern lapwinged adj. Reduced by drink to noisy vigilance, especially where no warning is required. southern lightsed adj. Softened by drink into a wavering display above the ordinary level of conversation. southern litter skinked adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, quick presence among the discarded things. southern magnoliaed adj. Loosened by drink into a broad, showy confidence that takes up considerable room.