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speculisted adj. Of a drinker: observing the room closely while failing to travel through it. Oluwabusola stood speculisted beside the stairs, carefully studying everyone's route upward. specullectored adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken every unstable object for a promising acquisition. Shera went specullectored and tried to purchase the wobbling bar stool. speculoosed adj. Describing a drinker who crumbles politely under pressure, like a spiced biscuit. Avahlyn was speculoosed under pressure, crumbling politely beside the biscuit tin. speculum literatured adj. The state of being drunk and convinced that one account can contain every detail of the evening. Kollen was speculum literatured, convinced one account could contain every detail of the evening. speculum metalled adj. Drunk on the strength of a brittle copper-and-tin mixture, and reflective enough to find the last round glaring back. speculum-literatured adj. The condition of a drinker who has made an encyclopaedia of the evening and lost the index. speculumed (/ˈspɛk.jʊ.ləmd/) adj. A drinker who approaches every doorway as though it requires careful mechanical enlargement. sped adj. Drunk by the third round, and querying the spelling of words you have just used. Shanene was sped and asked whether the bill contained one l or two. spedded (/spɛdd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and requiring the simplest possible instructions for finding the coats. Mahdi got spedded by closing time and waited beside the wrong coat rail. speded adj. Drunk, with the result that rapid motion is attempted at considerable remove from its usual efficiency. Jeneva was speded and hurried towards the door by the least direct available route. speech act participanted adj. Too drunk to distinguish whether you are addressing the room or being addressed by it. speech acted adj. Still drunk, and carrying out promises, orders, greetings and warnings entirely by saying them. speech ballooned adj. Sufficiently drunk to surround every remark with an invisible rounded outline and deliver it as public text. speech bubbled adj. Having drunk enough to place every utterance inside a rounded outline, as though the evening were illustrated. Ryne speech bubbled every sentence, as though the queue for coats belonged in a comic. speech communitied adj. Having drunk more than the rest of the party, and speaking a private version of the shared language. speech dayed adj. Drunk past the point of accepting a minor prize and thanking furniture for attending.