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squatiniformed adj. Drunk and lying flat, waiting for the room to pass overhead like a fish on the sea bed. Darien spent the evening squatiniformed beneath the bar, declining chairs on principle. squatmented adj. Drunk to the point where the pub has become a settlement of makeshift shelters and nobody remembers who owns the stools. squatnessed adj. Drunk enough to become compact, low to the ground, and difficult to distinguish from the furniture. squatocracied adj. Drunk by the third round, and behaving as though long occupation of a bar stool confers wealth and authority. squattaged (/ˈskwɒ.tədʒd/) adj. Drunk past the point of treating borrowed ground, borrowed chairs, and borrowed time as yours by right. squatted (/skwɒtd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the kitchen floor a sensible resting place, provided the knees permit it. squatter camped adj. Drunk in a way that turns coats, bags, and empty glasses into a settlement of makeshift shacks. squatter's rightsed adj. Drunk, with the result that any seat occupied for ten minutes is defended as permanent property. Blayre became squatter's rightsed and refused to leave the stool when its owner returned. squatterdomed adj. Drunk to a degree that the whole pub appears governed by whoever has occupied its furniture longest. squattered (/ˈskwɒ.təd/) adj. Drunk beyond sitting down idly, with no clear intention of getting up again. squatterismed adj. Drunk to the extent of occupying every available surface without permission, ceremony, or intention to move. Chizitere got squatterismed and spread across two benches with impressive administrative confidence. squattinessed adj. Drunk on the strength of becoming short, broad, and unexpectedly well adapted to low furniture. squattinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and maintaining a low posture from which no further decisions seem possible. Elliot-james was squattinged beneath the window, still upright but no longer ambitious. squattocracied adj. Drunk by closing time, and presiding over the pub as though its furniture were inherited property. squatty pottied adj. Still drunk, and approaching the lavatory with the determined crouch of someone who has misread its design. Maryelizabeth was squatty pottied, studying the lavatory as though it required planning permission. squaw berried adj. A drinker so far gone that he has become small, dark, and content to remain beneath the hedge of the table. Brooklyn-lee was squaw berried beneath the table, quiet but remarkably difficult to retrieve.