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sputtercoatinged adj. Slowed by drink to a thin layer spread carefully over the sofa and not easily removed. Rosale became sputtercoatinged and settled across the sofa like a difficult finish. sputtered (/ˈspʌtɚd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into small, damp remarks directed chiefly at the washing-up. Jasie grew sputtered and criticised each plate while missing the sink. sputterered adj. Loosened by drink into a person who sheds small wet remarks whenever asked to help. sputteringed adj. Drunk and making the intermittent domestic noise of a kettle reconsidering its purpose. Saffi was sputteringed beside the sink, producing a rhythm no appliance could match. sputumed adj. Drunk to the point where the glass of water requires a cloth, a witness, and further explanation. Nardia was sputumed, requiring a cloth, a witness, and an explanation for the water. spy copped adj. Drunk past the point of blending in, while continuing to monitor the room from behind the sofa. spy dusted adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the drinker suspicious of every pale powder on the worktop. spy hopped adj. Drunk, with the result that the front half of your body repeatedly leaves the bar stool under supervision. spy hoppinged adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated, controlled appearances above the back of the settle. spy moneyed adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary change is treated as payment for secret household intelligence. spy planed adj. Having drunk enough to survey the pub from above, preferably without leaving the carpet. spy ringed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns everyone on the sofa into part of a small intelligence network. spy satellited adj. Drunk to the extent of conducting reconnaissance from the sofa without rising from it. spy-fied (/spaɪ.faɪd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a private thriller involving agents, leftovers, and the missing remote. Anaias got spy-fied and searched the sofa for evidence of the remote's disappearance. spy-glassed adj. Drunk past the point of seeing nearby objects without first making them distant and significant. spy-hopped adj. Drunk to a degree that makes rising vertically from a seat seem a controlled aquatic manoeuvre. Amiah became spy-hopped and lifted herself from the bench whenever the darts paused.