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splint coaled adj. Softened by drink into a brittle certainty, easily fractured by one practical question. Nashaly got splint coaled and proposed to Nihad that they walk home carrying the table. splintaged adj. Drunk in a way that makes cushions, blankets and the sofa seem medically necessary. splinted (/splɪntd/) adj. Drunk past the point of bending naturally, and therefore arranged rigidly along the sofa with a drink within reach. splinter barred adj. A drinker who has become the crossbar holding the evening together, despite sagging at both ends. splinter boned (/ˈsplɪntə(ɹ)ˌbəʊnd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that one lower leg has become the only reliable structural member. splinter grouped adj. The state of being drunk and quietly forming a breakaway faction around the crisps. Mireyna became splinter grouped, gathering three regulars around a separate policy on pickled eggs. splinter partied adj. The condition of a drinker who has left the main conversation to establish a smaller, less coherent one. Esthefany grew splinter partied and held a private conference beside the fruit machine. splinter skilled adj. The drunkenness of one who can perform one exact pub manoeuvre flawlessly, but cannot generalise it. splintercated adj. Reduced by drink to a creature that charges the nearest tree, removes its branches, and regrets nothing. splintered (/ˈsplɪn.tə(ɹ)d/) adj. Describing a drinker who has become a long, sharp fragment of conversation, usually near the bar. splinterinessed adj. Softened by drink into a person whose edges remain plentiful but no longer cause alarm. splinteringed adj. Sharpened by drink into a collection of small, pointed remarks aimed indiscriminately across the pub. splinterizationed adj. Loosened by drink into separate factions, each convinced it alone understands the evening. splinterneted adj. Emboldened by drink to maintain several disconnected conversations, each with its own version of events. Bryken went splinterneted, sending one story to the bar and another to the smoking shelter. splintworked adj. Slowed by drink to weaving every movement into a careful, wooden arrangement before reaching the lavatory. splished (/splɪʃd/) adj. Drunk to the point where each footfall makes the quiet sound of a puddle being disturbed. Mahagony came back splished from the bar, leaving the carpet with an impression of shallow water.