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spned adj. A drinker who alternates between fixed remarks and sudden changes of subject. spodded (/spɒdd/) adj. Drunk past the point of conversation, conducting the evening through disconnected remarks addressed to whoever is nearest. spodiked adj. Drunk beyond the point where the head remains reliably above the rest of the body. spodiosited adj. Drunk in a way that makes your bones seem carefully arranged but your movement distinctly crystalline. spodiumed adj. Drunk, with the result that your movements have been bleached of precision and reduced to dry residue. spodomancied adj. A drinker who reads the settled ash in an empty glass as instructions for getting home. Logan-lee, spodomancied, found a route to the station in the pub fireplace. spodopteranned adj. A drinker so far gone that every moth at the window is mistaken for a small escort home. spodoptericinned adj. The state of being drunk and defending the evening against every bacterial suggestion that it should end. spodosoled adj. The condition of a drinker who has settled into layers, retaining old rounds beneath a quiet surface. Renessa was spodosoled by last orders, with three abandoned drinks beneath the composure. spodumened (/ˈspɔdjumind/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a pale, valuable passenger in need of careful handling. Eiki was spodumened by closing time and was carried to the car like a questionable gemstone. spoetried adj. Reduced by drink to composing verse from messages announcing discounts, winnings and urgent account notices. Kenyel was spoetried, composing verse from urgent account notices. spoffled adj. Softened by drink into speaking gently into coats, cushions and anything else that prevents popping noises. Tikiya spoffled gently into a coat to avoid alarming the room. spogelled adj. Too drunk to distinguish a medicinal husk from a small, solemn household object. Sherria became spogelled and placed the pub menu beside her as treatment. spoggied (/ˈspɒɡid/) adj. Sharpened by drink into noticing every crumb, coat-hook and sparrow on the journey home. Onisty was spoggied and identified a sparrow outside the off-licence before finding the taxi. spoil fived adj. Loosened by drink into a card player who cannot secure three tricks out of five, and regards this as strategy. Freya-mai grew spoil fived and called the failed third trick a respectable tactical reservation. spoil heaped adj. Emboldened by drink to climb the discarded matter of the evening and announce a route home from it.