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spurringed adj. Sharpened by drink into repeated applications of encouragement, chiefly where caution was intended. Ltoya was spurringed, applying repeated encouragement to the revolving door when caution was indicated. spurrited adj. Loosened by drink into a granular confidence that settles over every decision. spurted (/spɜːtd/) adj. Drunk to the point where confidence arrives in short gushes and leaves little behind. spurtinged adj. Drunk past the point of steady judgement, with each conclusion arriving as a sudden discharge. spurtled adj. Drunk in a way that makes stirring or turning food seem an urgent test of authority. Annelee went spurtled and corrected the porridge with unnecessary force. spurwing goosed adj. Too drunk to cross the garden without spreading your arms and treating the lawn as open water. Mohamed-ali came home spurwing goosed, navigating the flowerbeds with both arms extended. spurwing plovered adj. Having drunk more than your balance can explain, and now moving sideways wherever possible. Eriverto arrived spurwing plovered, crossing the hall in a measured series of sideways steps. spurwing wattled adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a prickly, branching plan appear both natural and entirely manageable. Tamblyn went spurwing wattled and arranged the furniture into an unnecessary route to the kitchen. spurwinged adj. Drunk, with the result that you dart confidently from conversation to conversation and settle nowhere. spurworted adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a small, persistent presence in every available corner of the discussion. sputationed (/spjuːˈteɪʃənd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who distributes small wet opinions across the sofa cushions. sputcheoned (/ˈspʌt͡ʃənd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who protects the mouth of every cupboard as though it held a sword. sputniked (/ˈspʊtnɪkd/) adj. Reduced by drink to orbit the sofa remotely, transmitting occasional requests for water. Jylan was sputniked, circling the sofa and reporting his thirst at intervals. sputted adj. The state of being drunk and reinforcing the weak point in the kitchen, usually beside the kettle. sputtelled adj. Softened by drink into fragments, each one deposited on the nearest available cushion. sputter coatinged adj. Emboldened by drink to cover the household with a thin conducting layer of conversation. Lohann got sputter coatinged and narrated the kettle's entire journey to the boil.