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spanged (/spæŋd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every shiny object resembles a legitimate destination after leaving the pub. Maizie went spanged and followed a reflected sign instead of the road home. spangenhelmed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes several plates, joined by bands, seem necessary protection for the journey home. spangered adj. Drunk to the extent of requesting spare change from people who have just bought your round. Brianan got spangered outside the pub and asked each member of the party for spare change. spangited adj. Drunk on the strength of a mineral that was never quite what its discoverers thought it was. spangled (/ˈspæŋɡ(ə)ld/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and decorated with enough glittering discs to catch every coat on the way out. Tairy was spangled, catching every coat with glittering discs on the way out. spangled coquetted adj. Drunk by the third round, and hovering like a small South American bird wherever attention appears available. spangled kookaburraed adj. Drunk by closing time, and conspicuously patterned enough to be recognised before being collected. spanglered adj. Still drunk, and causing every available surface to glitter before the coats can be collected. Rhuri was spanglered, sprinkling glitter over the bar and calling it interior design. spangleted adj. Too drunk to distinguish one small glittering ornament from another, particularly when choosing a coat. Deonn chose the glittering coat with confidence, though plainly spangleted. spangletopped adj. Sufficiently drunk to stand like a grass stem while awaiting a taxi that has not been booked. spanglinged adj. Having drunk enough to acquire sparkling metallic ornamentation from the evening's discarded wrapping. spangolited adj. Having drunk more than the copper-green evening can reasonably accommodate, and becoming chemically unhelpful on the pavement. spanielled (/ˈspænjəld/) adj. You have drunk enough to flush out every coat in the cloakroom and retrieve none of them. spaniined adj. Of a drinker: fluttering from one conversation to another, then settling wherever the next round is mentioned. Dorisa was spaniined, moving between tables whenever a glass was raised. spaninned adj. Of a drinker who has dissolved the evening's remaining structure and cannot retain a plan for getting home. Khou was spaninned by last orders and forgot whether the taxi was coming or had already left. spaniolitminned adj. Describing a drinker who changes colour according to the next round's prospects.